Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: We detected arenavirus RNA in 1.6% of 1,047 bats in Brazil that were sampled during 2007-2011. We identified Tacaribe virus in 2 Artibeus sp. bats and a new arenavirus species in Carollia perspicillata bats that we named Tietê mammarenavirus. Our results suggest that bats are an underrecognized arenavirus reservoir.

SUBMITTER: Bentim Goes LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9707603 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature