Genetic identification of Kodoko virus, a novel arenavirus of the African pigmy mouse (Mus Nannomys minutoides) in West Africa.
Genetic evidence of a novel arenavirus species related to but distinct from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) was obtained from a rodent belonging to an endemic African subgenus of Mus (Nannomys). The phylogenetic position among Old World arenaviruses of this new arenavirus, named Kodoko virus, was reconstructed based on L and NP genes sequences. The finding of an Old World arenavirus related to LCMV outside the known geographical range of LCMV in a novel rodent species reveals new insights about the evolutionary history of arenaviruses.
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Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Hans-Meerweinstrasse, 35 043 Marburg, Germany. emilie.lecompte@hotmail.fr
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D000354:Africa, Western; D000818:Animals; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000821:virology; D018049:Arenaviruses, Old World / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000821:virology
D017931:DNA Primers; D012367:RNA, Viral