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Xapuri virus, a novel mammarenavirus: natural reassortment and increased diversity between New World viruses.
Emerging microbes & infections - 29 Jun 2018
Fernandes Jorlan, Guterres Alexandro, de Oliveira Renata Carvalho, Chamberlain John, Lewandowski Kuiama, Teixeira Bernardo Rodrigues, Coelho Thayssa Alves, Crisóstomo Charle Ferreira, Bonvicino Cibele Rodrigues, D'Andrea Paulo Sérgio, Hewson Roger, de Lemos Elba Regina Sampaio
Abstract excerpt
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...
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