Andes Hantavirus Variant in Rodents, Southern Amazon Basin, Peru

We investigated hantaviruses in rodents in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru and identified an Andes virus variant from Neacomys spinosus mice. This finding extends the known range of this virus in South America and the range of recognized hantaviruses in Peru. Further studies of the epizoology of h...

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Autores principales: Razuri, Hugo, Tokarz, Rafal, Ghersi, Bruno M., Salmon-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Guezala, M. Claudia, Albujar, Christian, Mendoza, A. Patricia, Tinoco, Yeny O., Cruz, Christopher, Silva, Maria, Vasquez, Alicia, Pacheco, Víctor, Ströher, Ute, Guerrero, Lisa Wiggleton, Cannon, Deborah, Nichol, Stuart T., Hirschberg, David L., Lipkin, W. Ian, Bausch, Daniel G., Montgomery, Joel M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3901500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24447689
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.131418
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Sumario:We investigated hantaviruses in rodents in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru and identified an Andes virus variant from Neacomys spinosus mice. This finding extends the known range of this virus in South America and the range of recognized hantaviruses in Peru. Further studies of the epizoology of hantaviruses in this region are warranted.

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