Andes Hantavirus Variant in Rodents, Southern Amazon Basin, Peru

Andes Hantavirus Variant in Rodents, Southern Amazon Basin, Peru

We investigated hantaviruses in rodents in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru and identified an Andes virus variant from Neacomys spinosus mice. This finding extends the known range of this virus in South America and the range of recognized hantaviruses in Peru. Further studies of the epizoology of h...

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Main Authors: Hugo Razuri, Rafal Tokarz, Bruno M. Ghersi, Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich, M. Claudia Guezala, Christian Albujar, A. Patricia Mendoza, Yeny O. Tinoco, Christopher Cruz, Maria Silva, Alicia Vasquez, Víctor Pacheco, Ute Ströher, Lisa Wiggleton Guerrero, Deborah Cannon, Stuart T. Nichol, David L. Hirschberg, W. Ian Lipkin, Daniel G. Bausch, Joel M. Montgomery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
hantavirus
Peru
Rodentia
epidemiology
zoonoses
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/2/13-1418_article

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