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Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of Merino Walk virus, a novel arenavirus isolated in South Africa
Gustavo F. Palacios; Nazir Savji; Jeffrey Hui; Amelia Travassos Da Rosa; Vsevolod Popov; Thomas Briese; Robert Tesh; W. Ian Lipkin
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- Title:
- Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of Merino Walk virus, a novel arenavirus isolated in South Africa
- Author(s):
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Palacios, Gustavo F.
Savji, Nazir
Hui, Jeffrey
Da Rosa, Amelia Travassos
Popov, Vsevolod
Briese, Thomas
Tesh, Robert
Lipkin, W. Ian - Date:
- 2010
- Type:
- Articles
- Department:
- Center for Infection and Immunity
- Volume:
- 91
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:9991
- Book/Journal Title:
- Journal of general virology
- Abstract:
- Merino Walk virus (MWV), a proposed novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, was isolated from a rodent, Myotomys unisulcatus, collected at Merino Walk, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1985. Full-length genomic sequence confirmed MWV as an arenavirus related distantly to Mobala, Mopeia and Ippy viruses, all members of the Old World arenavirus complex. We propose MWV as a tentative novel species in the Lassa–lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus complex, based on its isolation from a novel rodent species and its genetic and serological characteristics.
- Subject(s):
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Epidemiology
Virology - DOI:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.017798-0
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