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Article: Juquitiba-like hantavirus from 2 nonrelated rodent species, Uruguay.(DISPATCHES)(Case study)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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Serologic and genetic analyses indicate that a Juquitiba-like hantavirus circulates in Maldonado, Uruguay. This virus is carried by 2 rodent species, Oligoryzomys nigripes and Oxymycterus nasutus. The same hantavirus in 2 non-related species can be explained by a spillover infection or a host-switching event.
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Most hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) are hosted by 1 or a few closely related rodent species, including rodents of the family Cricetidae, subfamily Sigmodontinae (1). Sigmodontine rodents are highly diverse and comprise [approximately equal to] 84 genera (2); several hantavirus lineages associated with species belonging to 3 of its ...