Oxford University: Tracking the evolution and transmission of yellow fever

[rangerrebew]

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoo-out082118.phphttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoo-out082118.phpPublic Release: 23-Aug-2018
 

University of Oxford
 

Credit: Nuno Faria

A pioneering Oxford University research collaboration into yellow fever virus (YFV) has shed new light on the exceptional recent outbreak in Brazil and how the virus spreads. The findings have implications for monitoring viral transmission and could potentially contribute to a strategy for eliminating YFV worldwide.

Published in Science, the international collaboration coordinated by scientists from Oxford University and FIOCRUZ Rio de Janeiro, uses modern genomic and epidemiology techniques to investigate in detail the mode of transmission of South America's largest yellow fever virus outbreak in recent history. Techniques such as portable DNA sequencing and computational analysis allowed the team to understand the virus's genetic make-up and analyse the age, sex and spatial distribution of human cases.
 


https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoo-out082118.phphttps://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoo-out082118.phpPublic Release: 23-Aug-2018

[thackney]

No title and messed up links.

Maybe delete and try again.

[kevindavis007]

Fixed