Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamore virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana.

ABSTRACT: We report the first complete genome sequence of Maripa virus identified in 2009 from a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in French Guiana. Maripa virus corresponds to a new variant of the Rio Mamoré virus species in the Bunyaviridae family, genus Hantavirus.

SUBMITTER: Matheus S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3347398 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature