Serologic Evidence of Mammarenaviruses among Wild Rodents in Brazil.
We screened blood samples from 560 wild rodents collected in southeastern Brazil for antibodies to a recombinant nucleoprotein (rN) of Junín virus. Six rodents were antibody positive (1.1%), demonstrating evidence of infection with mammarenaviruses in several species of Brazilian rodents.
1 Center for Virology Research, School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil;
Gilberto
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Sabino-Santos
1 Center for Virology Research, School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil;|2 Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1524 - Cidade Universitária "Armando Salles Oliveira," Butantã, São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil;
Felipe G M
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Maia
3 National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, Department of Microbiology, 485 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA;
Colleen B
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Jonsson
4 Remote Sensing Research Laboratory, Department of Geography, 118 Seaton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA;
Douglas G
DG
Goodin
5 Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA;
Jorge
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Salazar-Bravo
1 Center for Virology Research, School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil;
Luiz Tadeu M
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Figueiredo
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001116:Arenaviridae / Q000145:classification*; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000821:virology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies