Hantavirus in African wood mouse, Guinea

Authors :: Brita Auste
Christiane Denys
Emilie Lecompte
Helga Meisel
Boris Klempa
Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet
Lamine Koivogui
Detlev H. Krüger
Vladimir M. Aniskin
Jan ter Meulen
Origine, structure et évolution de la biodiversité (OSEB)
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Deseases, Emerging Infectious Deseases, 2006, 5 (12), pp.838-840, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 838-840 (2006)
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: Hantaviruses are rodent-borne, emerging viruses that cause life-threatening human diseases in Eurasia and the Americas. We detected hantavirus genome sequences in an African wood mouse (Hylomyscus simus) captured in Sangassou, Guinea. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the genetic material demonstrate a novel hantavirus species, which we propose to name "Sangassou virus."

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