Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil

Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil

We detected arenavirus RNA in 1.6% of 1,047 bats in Brazil that were sampled during 2007–2011. We identified Tacaribe virus in 2 Artibeus sp. bats and a new arenavirus species in Carollia perspicillata bats that we named Tietê mammarenavirus. Our results suggest that bats are an underrecognized are...

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Main Authors: Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes, Carlo Fischer, Angélica Cristine Almeida Campos, Cristiano de Carvalho, Andrés Moreira-Soto, Guilherme Ambar, Adriana Ruckert da Rosa, Debora Cardoso de Oliveira, Wendy Karen Jo, Ariovaldo P. Cruz-Neto, Wagner André Pedro, Luzia Helena Queiroz, Paola Minoprio, Edison L. Durigon, Jan Felix Drexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
arenaviruses
Viruses
zoonoses
vector-borne infections
Tacaribe virus
bats
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/12/22-0980_article

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