Gairo virus, a novel arenavirus of the widespread Mastomys natalensis: GENETICALLY divergent, but ecologically similar to Lassa and Morogoro viruses

Virology

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 249-256

  Gryseels, Sophie ^a   Rieger, Toni ^b   Oestereich, Lisa ^b   Cuypers, Bart ^a,c   Borremans, Benny ^a   Makundi, Rhodes ^d   Leirs, Herwig ^a   Günther, Stephan ^b   Goüy de Bellocq, Joëlle ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Ecology; Hemorrhagic fevers; Mastomys natalensis; Phylogeny; Tanzania; Virology; Zoonotic infections

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARENAVIRUS; ARENAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIRO VIRUS; GAIRO VIRUS INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; MOROGORO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBADULT; TANZANIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURINAE; PHYLOGENY; RODENT DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84920195200     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.12.011     Document Type: Article

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