Xapuri virus, a novel mammarenavirus: natural reassortment and increased diversity between New World viruses.
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SUBMITTER: Fernandes J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6026159 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
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Xapuri virus, a novel mammarenavirus: natural reassortment and increased diversity between New World viruses.
Fernandes Jorlan J Guterres Alexandro A de Oliveira Renata Carvalho RC Chamberlain John J Lewandowski Kuiama K Teixeira Bernardo Rodrigues BR Coelho Thayssa Alves TA Crisóstomo Charle Ferreira CF Bonvicino Cibele Rodrigues CR D'Andrea Paulo Sérgio PS Hewson Roger R de Lemos Elba Regina Sampaio ERS
Emerging microbes & infections 20180629 1
Mammarenavirus RNA was detected in Musser's bristly mouse (Neacomys musseri) from the Amazon region, and this detection indicated that rodents were infected with a novel mammarenavirus, with the proposed name Xapuri virus (XAPV), which is phylogenetically related to New World Clade B and Clade C viruses. XAPV may represent the first natural reassortment of the Arenaviridae family and a new unrecognized clade within the Tacaribe serocomplex group. ...[more]
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