title: First isolation of Bunyamwera virus (Bunyaviridae family) from horses with neurological disease and an abortion in Argentina.
abstract: Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) is the prototype virus for both the Orthobunyavirus genus and the Bunyaviridae family. Different strains of BUNV have been associated with clinical diseases in domestic animals, mainly ruminants. During 2013, in Argentina's Santa Fe Province, three new isolates of BUNV were recovered from the brain and spleen of two horses with encephalitis, and from the brain of an aborted equine fetus. This isolation of BUNV from domestic animals provided the first association of BUNV infection with disease of the central nervous system and abortion in equines in Argentina.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Arbovirus, Instituto de Virología Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Enfermera Gordillo Gómez s/n, CP: X5016 GRA Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina. Electronic address: lauratauro@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Laura B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Tauro
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Arbovirus, Instituto de Virología Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Enfermera Gordillo Gómez s/n, CP: X5016 GRA Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Maria E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rivarola
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, RP Kreder 2805, S3080HOF Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lucca
authors.affiliation: Catedra de Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, RP Kreder 2805, S3080HOF Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Betina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mariño
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Practicas Hospitalarias de Grandes Animales, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Nacional del Litoral, RP Kreder 2805, S3080HOF Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina.
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazzini
authors.affiliation: Centro de Inovações Tecnológicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Rodovia BR-316 km 7 s/n, Levilândia, Ananindeua, 67030-000 PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jedson Ferreira
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Virología, Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas, Instituto de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Las Cabañas y Los Reseros s/n, Castelar, 1712 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: María Edith
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Barrandeguy
authors.affiliation: Centro de Inovações Tecnológicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Ministério da Saúde, Rodovia BR-316 km 7 s/n, Levilândia, Ananindeua, 67030-000 PA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcio Roberto
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Teixeira Nunes
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Arbovirus, Instituto de Virología Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Enfermera Gordillo Gómez s/n, CP: X5016 GRA Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marta S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Contigiani
mesh_terms: D037881:Aborted Fetus / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina / Q000453:epidemiology; D002042:Bunyamwera virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002044:Bunyaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006736:Horses; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Abortion; Bunyamwera virus; Central nervous system disease; Horses