Genome Sequence of Bellavista Virus, a Novel Orthobunyavirus Isolated from a Pool of Mosquitoes Captured near Iquitos, Peru.
A novel orthobunyavirus, Bellavista virus, was isolated from Culex (Melanoconion) portesi mosquitoes in the Bellavista neighborhood of Iquitos, Peru, in 2009. The assembled segment L, M, and S sequences of strain PRD0552 are 6,950, 4,469, and 1,256 bases in length, respectively, comprising complete protein-coding sequences and partial terminal untranslated sequences.
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA jun.hang.civ@mail.mil brett.m.forshey.ctr@mail.mil.
Jun
J
Hang
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Yu
Y
Yang
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Robert A
RA
Kuschner
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
Julio
J
Evangelista
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
Helvio
H
Astete
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
Eric S
ES
Halsey
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru.
Tadeusz J
TJ
Kochel
U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Iquitos and Lima, Peru jun.hang.civ@mail.mil brett.m.forshey.ctr@mail.mil.
Brett M
BM
Forshey