title: Patawa Virus, a New Arenavirus Hosted by Forest Rodents in French Guiana.
abstract: Molecular screening of rodents from French Guiana has detected a new arenavirus, named "Patawa," in two Oecomys species (Muridae, Sigmodontinae). Further investigations are needed to better understand the circulation of this virus in rodent and human populations and its public health impact.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana. alavergne@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavergne
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.|Association Kwata, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Benoit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Thoisy
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Amandine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guidez
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Séverine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matheus
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catzeflis
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lacoste
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D018050:Arenavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D065928:Forests; D005616:French Guiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000821:virology
keywords: Amazonia; French Guiana; Oecomys; arenavirus; phylogeny; rodent