Article
Characterization of Juquitiba Virus in Oligoryzomys fornesi from Brazilian Cerrado
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GUTERRES, Alexandro et al. Characterization of Juquitiba Virus in Oligoryzomys fornesi from Brazilian Cerrado. Viruses, n.6, p. 1473-1482, 2014.
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10.3390/v6041473
Autor
Guterres, Alexandro
Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de
Fernandes, Jorlan
Strecht, Liana
Casado, Flavia
Oliveira, Flavio Cesar Gomes de
D'Andrea, Paulo Sérgio
Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues
Schrago, Carlos Guerra
Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de
Resumen
The Juquitiba virus, an agent of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome,
is one of the most widely distributed hantavirus found in South America. It has been
detected in Oligoryzomys nigripes, Akodon montensis, Oxymycterus judex, Akodon
paranaensis in Brazil and in O. nigripes, Oryzomys sp. and Oligoryzomys fornesi rodents
in Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay. Here, we report the genomic characterization of the
complete S segment from the Juquitiba strain, isolated from the lung tissues of O. fornesi,
the presumed rodent reservoir of Anajatuba virus in Brazilian Amazon, captured in the
Cerrado Biome, Brazil.