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- Title
Pygmy rice rat as potential host of Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus.
- Authors
Travassos da Rosa ES; Medeiros DB; Nunes MR; Simith DB; de Souza Pereira A; Elkhoury MR; Lavocat M; Marques AA; Via AV; D'Andrea P; Bonvicino CR; Lemos ER; Vasconcelos PF; Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth S; Medeiros, Daniele B A; Nunes, Márcio R T; Simith, Darlene B; de Souza Pereira, Armando; Elkhoury, Mauro R; Lavocat, Marília
- Abstract
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).
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 8, p1527
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1708.101547