Abstract
First Report of Mixed Infection of Cassava Brown Streak Virus and Ugandan Cassava Brown Streak Virus on Cassava in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Highlights
Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Yangambi and West African Virus Epidemiology, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo; and R
UCBSV was officially reported for the first time from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in
Eastern DRC is on the ‘front’ of the westwards-spreading pandemic of Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), and it is vital to understand the identity and epidemiology of viruses associated with this outbreak
Summary
Facultaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Yangambi and West African Virus Epidemiology, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo; and R. UCBSV was officially reported for the first time from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in Eastern DRC is on the ‘front’ of the westwards-spreading pandemic of CBSD, and it is vital to understand the identity and epidemiology of viruses associated with this outbreak. If CBSV was to be reported from DRC, this increased diversity of CBSD-causing viruses would increase the threat posed by the disease and make management more difficult.
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