Hantavirus in African Wood Mouse, Guinea

Hantavirus in African Wood Mouse, Guinea

Hantaviruses are rodentborne, emerging viruses that cause life-threatening human diseases in Eurasia and the Americas. We detected hantavirus genome sequences in an African wood mouse (Hylomyscus simus) captured in Sangassou, Guinea. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of the genetic material demonst...

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Main Authors: Boris Klempa, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Emilie Lecompte, Brita Auste, Vladimir Aniskin, Helga Meisel, Christiane Denys, Lamine Koivogui, Jan ter Meulen, Detlev H. Krüger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Hantavirus
Africa
RNA sequence analysis
dispatch
Guinea
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/5/05-1487_article

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