High diversity of RNA viruses in rodents, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: We investigated synanthropic small mammals in the Ethiopian Highlands as potential reservoirs for human pathogens and found that 2 rodent species, the Ethiopian white-footed mouse and Awash multimammate mouse, are carriers of novel Mobala virus strains. The white-footed mouse also carries a novel hantavirus, the second Murinae-associated hantavirus found in Africa.

SUBMITTER: Meheretu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557881 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature