title: Identification of lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus in house mouse (Mus musculus, Rodentia) in French Guiana.
abstract: Thirty-seven house mice (Mus musculus, Rodentia) caught in different localities in French Guiana were screened to investigate the presence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus (LCMV). Two animals trapped in an urban area were found positive, hosting a new strain of LCMV, that we tentatively named LCMV "Comou". The complete sequence was determined using a metagenomic approach. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that this strain is related to genetic lineage I composed of strains inducing severe disease in humans. These results emphasize the need for active surveillance in humans as well as in house mouse populations, which is a rather common rodent in French Guianese cities and settlements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana. Electronic address: 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, Cayenne, French Guiana; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana. Electronic address: bdethoisy@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Thoisy
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana. Electronic address: stirera@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Sourakhata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tirera
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana. Electronic address: ddonato@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Plateforme de Génomique - Pôle Biomics, Paris, France. Electronic address: bouchier@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouchier
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France. Electronic address: francois.catzeflis@univ-montp2.fr.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Catzeflis
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana. Electronic address: vlacoste@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lacoste
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005616:French Guiana; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008216:Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008217:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D056186:Metagenomics / Q000379:methods; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Complete sequence; French Guiana; Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus; Mouse