Hantavirus in African wood mouse, Guinea.
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne, emerging viruses that cause life-threatening human diseases in Eurasia and the Americas. We detected hantavirus genome sequences in an African wood mouse (Hylomyscus simus) captured in Sangassou, Guinea. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the genetic material demonstrate a novel hantavirus species, which we propose to name "Sangassou virus."
Klempa
Boris
B
Institute of Virology, Charité Medical School, Campus Charité Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20-21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
Fichet-Calvet
Elisabeth
E
Lecompte
Emilie
E
Auste
Brita
B
Aniskin
Vladimir
V
Meisel
Helga
H
Denys
Christiane
C
Koivogui
Lamine
L
ter Meulen
Jan
J
Krüger
Detlev H
DH
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D016701:Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051189:Murinae / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015047:Zoonoses
D004279:DNA, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral