Further Characterization and Serological Identification of Chagres Virus, a New Human Isolate

Richard V. McCloskey U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Tropical Virology, Bethesda, Maryland

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Alexis Shelokov U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Tropical Virology, Bethesda, Maryland

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Summary

This report describes some of the properties of Chagres virus, a new human arbovirus from the American tropics. It was found to be antigenically related to Icoaraci virus2 and to the prototype Naples sandfly fever virus.

Author Notes

Present address: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Present address: Division of Biologics Standards, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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