TY - JOUR AU - Chingandu, Nomatter AU - Kouakou, Koffie AU - Aka, Romain AU - Ameyaw, George AU - Gutierrez, Osman A. AU - Herrmann, Hans-Werner AU - Brown, Judith K. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/10/19 TI - The proposed new species, cacao red vein virus, and three previously recognized badnavirus species are associated with cacao swollen shoot disease JO - Virology Journal SP - 199 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Cacao swollen shoot virus (CSSV), Cacao swollen shoot CD virus (CSSCDV), and Cacao swollen shoot Togo A virus (CSSTAV) cause cacao swollen shoot disease (CSSD) in West Africa. During 2000–2003, leaf and shoot-swelling symptoms and rapid tree death were observed in cacao in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Molecular tests showed positive infection in only ~50–60% of symptomatic trees, suggesting the possible emergence of an unknown badnavirus. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0866-6 DO - 10.1186/s12985-017-0866-6 ID - Chingandu2017 ER -