Genome Sequences of Five Arenaviruses from Pygmy Mice (Mus minutoides) in Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT: The genome sequences of five strains of a mammarenavirus were assembled from metagenomic data from pygmy mice (Mus minutoides) captured in Sierra Leone. The nearest fully sequenced relatives of this virus, which was named Seli virus, are lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, Lunk virus, and Ryukyu virus.

SUBMITTER: Vucak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119099 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature