NDLI: Gairo virus, a novel arenavirus of the widespread Mastomys natalensis: Genetically divergent, but ecologically similar to Lassa and Morogoro viruses.

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Gairo virus, a novel arenavirus of the widespread Mastomys natalensis: Genetically divergent, but ecologically similar to Lassa and Morogoro viruses.

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Author	Gryseels, Sophie Rieger, Toni Oestereich, Lisa Cuypers, Bart Borremans, Benny Makundi, Rhodes Leirs, Herwig Günther, Stephan Bellocq, Joëlle Goüy De
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Despite its near pan-African range, the Natal multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis, carries the human pathogen Lassa virus only in West Africa, while the seemingly non-pathogenic arenaviruses Mopeia, Morogoro, and Luna have been detected in this semi-commensal rodent in Mozambique/Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Zambia, respectively. Here, we describe a novel arenavirus in M. natalensis from Gairo district of central Tanzania, for which we propose the name "Gairo virus". Surprisingly, the virus is not closely related with Morogoro virus that infects M. natalensis only 90km south of Gairo, but clusters phylogenetically with Mobala-like viruses that infect non-M. natalensis host species in Central African Republic and Ethiopia. Despite the evolutionary distance, Gairo virus shares basic ecological features with the other M. natalensis-borne viruses Lassa and Morogoro. Our data show that M. natalensis, carrying distantly related viruses even in the same geographical area, is a potent reservoir host for a variety of arenaviruses.
Starting Page	249
Ending Page	256
Page Count	8
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DOI	10.1016/j.virol.2014.12.011
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PubMed reference number	25559385
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2014.12.011
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	476
Journal	Virology
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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