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Hantavirus in African Wood Mouse, Guinea

Authors :
Boris Klempa
Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet
Emilie Lecompte
Brita Auste
Vladimir Aniskin
Helga Meisel
Christiane Denys
Lamine Koivogui
Jan ter Meulen
Detlev H. Krüger
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 838-840 (2006)
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006.

Abstract

Hantaviruses are rodentborne, 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."

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
12
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.03fe764e97c345dbb411b8dcdb0d176d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051487