Detection and characterization of a novel strain of Chapare virus during an outbreak of viral hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia, 2019

• M. Morales-Betoulle,
• R. Loayza Mafayle,
• C. Avila,
• C. Cossaboom,
• S. Sasias,
• M. Cruz Zambrana,
• E. Gil Colque,
• G. Anez Aguilera,
• J. Revollo Guzman,
• F. Morales Alvis,
• C. Alvarez Aguilera,
• A. Medina Ramirez,
• C. Romero,
• G. Alarconde la Vega,
• J. Molina Gutierrez,
• J. Mendez-Rico,
• S. Whitmer,
• K. Patel,
• J. Klena,
• S. Nichol,
• C. Spiropoulou,
• M. Choi,
• T. Shoemaker,
• J. Montgomery

Affiliations

M. Morales-Betoulle

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA; Corresponding author.

R. Loayza Mafayle

Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

C. Avila

CENETROP, BSL3 Laboratory, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

C. Cossaboom

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, GA, USA

S. Sasias

CENETROP, Laboratorio Biologia Molecular, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

M. Cruz Zambrana

CENETROP, Laboratorio Biologia Molecular, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

E. Gil Colque

CENETROP, BSL3, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

G. Anez Aguilera

CENETROP, Laboratorio virus emergentes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

J. Revollo Guzman

CENETROP, Laboratorio virus emergentes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

F. Morales Alvis

CENETROP, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

C. Alvarez Aguilera

CENETROP, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

A. Medina Ramirez

Ministerio de Salud, Programa Nacional de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Roedores, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

C. Romero

Ministerio de Salud, Unidad de Epidemiología, La Paz, Bolivia

G. Alarconde la Vega

Ministerio de Salud, Programa Nacional de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Roedores, La Paz, Bolivia

J. Molina Gutierrez

Ministerio de Salud, Unidad de Epidemiologia, La Paz, Bolivia

J. Mendez-Rico

Pan American Health Organization, Washington D.C., USA

S. Whitmer

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

K. Patel

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

J. Klena

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

S. Nichol

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

C. Spiropoulou

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

M. Choi

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

T. Shoemaker

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA

J. Montgomery

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Special Pathogens Branch, Atlanta, USA