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- Title
High Diversity of RNA Viruses in Rodents, Ethiopia.
- Authors
Meheretu, Yonas; Čížková, Dagmar; Tĕšíková, Jana; Welegerima, Kiros; Tomas, Zewdneh; Kidane, Dawit; Girmay, Kokob; Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas; Bryja, Josef; Günther, Stephan; Bryjová, Anna; Leirs, Herwig; de Bellocq, Joëlle Goüy
- Abstract
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
AFRICA; MAMMALOGICAL research; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; RODENTS; HANTAVIRUS diseases; MICE
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 12, p2047
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1812.120596