Pygmy Rice Rat as Potential Host of Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth S. ; Medeiros, Daniele B. A. ; Nunes, Márcio R.T. ; Simith, Darlene B. ; Pereira, Armando de Souza ; Elkhoury, Mauro R. ; Lavocat, Marília ; Marques, Aparecido A.R. ; Via, Alba Valéria ; D’Andrea, Paulo ; Bonvicino, Cibele R. ; Lemos, Elba Regina S. ; Vasconcelos, Pedro F.C.
• Description:
  To study the dynamics of wild rodent populations and identify potential hosts for hantavirus, we conducted an eco-epidemiologic study in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. We detected and genetically characterized Castelo dos Sonhos virus found in a species of pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys utiaritensis).
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Disease Reservoirs Dispatch DNA, Viral Hantavirus Hantavirus Infections Phylogeny Rodent Diseases Sequence Analysis, DNA Sigmodontinae

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(8):1527-1530.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:724c79cd722563bb38e137dc3754b88e71189efcea3a50d9836d4d8f63b84163
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24194/cdc_24194_DS1.pdf
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