Oropouche virus isolation, southeast Brazil.

ABSTRACT: An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novel host (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis identified this strain as a genotype III isolate previously recognized only in Panama.

SUBMITTER: Nunes MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3366749 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature