Xapuri virus, a novel mammarenavirus: natural reassortment and increased diversity between New World viruses.

Authors :: Fernandes J
Guterres A
de Oliveira RC
Chamberlain J
Lewandowski K
Teixeira BR
Coelho TA
Crisóstomo CF
Bonvicino CR
D'Andrea PS
Hewson R
de Lemos ERS
Source :: Emerging microbes & infections [Emerg Microbes Infect] 2018 Jun 29; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 120. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Jun 29.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Mammarenavirus RNA was detected in Musser's bristly mouse (Neacomys musseri) from the Amazon region, and this detection indicated that rodents were infected with a novel mammarenavirus, with the proposed name Xapuri virus (XAPV), which is phylogenetically related to New World Clade B and Clade C viruses. XAPV may represent the first natural reassortment of the Arenaviridae family and a new unrecognized clade within the Tacaribe serocomplex group.

Subjects :: Animals
Arenaviridae Infections epidemiology
Arenaviridae Infections virology
Brazil epidemiology
Evolution, Molecular
Genome, Viral
Geography
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral chemistry
RNA, Viral genetics
Rodentia
Arenavirus classification
Arenavirus genetics
Arenaviruses, New World genetics
Genetic Variation
Reassortant Viruses genetics

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