High Diversity of RNA Viruses in Rodents, Ethiopia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Meheretu, Yonas ; Čížková, Dagmar ; Těšíková, Jana ; Welegerima, Kiros ; Tomas, Zewdneh ; Kidane, Dawit ; Girmay, Kokob ; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas ; Bryja, Josef ; Günther, Stephan ; Bryjová, Anna ; Leirs, Herwig ; Goüy de Bellocq, Joëlle
• Description:
  We investigated synanthropic small mammals in the Ethiopian Highlands as potential reservoirs for human pathogens and found that 2 rodent species, the Ethiopian white-footed mouse and Awash multimammate mouse, are carriers of novel Mobala virus strains. The white-footed mouse also carries a novel hantavirus, the second Murinae-associated hantavirus found in Africa.
• Subjects:
  Animals Disease Reservoirs Dispatch Hantavirus Humans Mice Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny RNA, Viral RNA Viruses RNA Virus Infections Rodent Diseases Rodentia

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(12):2047-2050.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ethiopia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0e112bd2190168518e9989661944472c5b72e269e22895a34e5019eb2eef2673
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18854/cdc_18854_DS1.pdf
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