Oropouche Virus Isolation, Southeast Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Nunes, Márcio Roberto Teixeira ; Martins, Lívia Carício ; Rodrigues, Sueli Guerreiro ; Chiang, Jannifer Oliveira ; Azevedo, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva ; Travassos da Rosa, Amelia P.A. ; Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa
• Description:
  An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novel host (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis identified this strain as a genotype III isolate previously recognized only in Panama.
• Subjects:
  Animals Bunyaviridae Infections Callithrix Complement Fixation Tests Humans Mice Monkey Diseases Orthobunyavirus Phylogeny Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 11(10):1610-1613.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  11
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ab57c0447f9e8fcc3148c576f3d138867b9a1cca692c653db9e1b621559cdb8e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15908/cdc_15908_DS1.pdf
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