title: Sympatric occurrence of 3 arenaviruses, Tanzania.
abstract: To determine the specificity of Morogoro virus for its reservoir host, we studied its host range and genetic diversity in Tanzania. We found that 2 rodent species other than Mastomys natalensis mice carry arenaviruses. Analysis of 340 nt of the viral RNA polymerase gene showed sympatric occurrence of 3 distinct arenaviruses.
authors.affiliation: Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. joelle.gouydebellocq@ua.ac.be
authors.forename: Joëlle Goüy
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: de Bellocq
authors.forename: Benny
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Borremans
authors.forename: Abdul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katakweba
authors.forename: Rhodes
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makundi
authors.forename: Stuart J E
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Becker-Ziaja
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Günther
authors.forename: Herwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leirs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D018050:Arenavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology