About the Authors
- Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo
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Affiliation Unité de Virologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Sophie Guillot
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Affiliation Département Infection et Epidémiologie, PTMMH, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Jane Iber
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Affiliation National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jean Balanant
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Affiliation Département de Virologie, Biologie des Virus Entériques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Bruno Blondel
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Affiliation Département de Virologie, Biologie des Virus Entériques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Franck Riquet
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Affiliation Département de Virologie, Biologie des Virus Entériques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Javier Martin
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Affiliation Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Olen Kew
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Affiliation National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Bakolalao Randriamanalina
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Affiliation Programme Elargi de la Vaccination, Ministère de la Santé, du Planning Familial et de la Protection Sociale, Antananarivo, Madagascar
- Lalatiana Razafinimpiasa
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Affiliation Direction Régionale de la Santé Atsimo Andrefana, Ministère de la Santé, du Planning Familial et de la Protection Sociale, Toliara, Madagascar
- Dominique Rousset
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Affiliation Unité de Virologie, Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun
- Francis Delpeyroux
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: delpeyro@pasteur.fr
Affiliation Département de Virologie, Biologie des Virus Entériques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
MRA, DR, and FD conceived and planned the study. MRA, BR, LR, and DR contributed to the field investigations and to viral isolation. MRA, SG, JI, JB, and OK did the sequencing. MRA, SG, and FD did the phylogenetic analysis. JM performed the antigenic analysis. JB, FR, and FD contributed to the genetic and phenotypic analysis. BB and FD wrote the manuscript. All the investigators contributed to the revision of the report and agreed to its final content.