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 hantaviruses in this region are warranted.
Hugo
H
Razuri
Rafal
R
Tokarz
Bruno M
BM
Ghersi
Gabriela
G
Salmon-Mulanovich
M Claudia
MC
Guezala
Christian
C
Albujar
A Patricia
AP
Mendoza
Yeny O
YO
Tinoco
Christopher
C
Cruz
Maria
M
Silva
Alicia
A
Vasquez
Víctor
V
Pacheco
Ute
U
Ströher
Lisa Wiggleton
LW
Guerrero
Deborah
D
Cannon
Stuart T
ST
Nichol
David L
DL
Hirschberg
W Ian
WI
Lipkin
Daniel G
DG
Bausch
Joel M
JM
Montgomery
D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D012376:Rodent Diseases; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000821:virology*
D012367:RNA, Viral
Amazon Basin; Neacomys spinosus; Peru; bunyaviruses; epidemiology; hantavirus; mice; rodents; viruses; zoonoses