학술논문
Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil.
Document Type
Article
Author
Bentim Góes, Luiz Gustavo; Fischer, Carlo; Almeida Campos, Angélica Cristine; de Carvalho, Cristiano; Moreira-Soto, Andrés; Ambar, Guilherme; da Rosa, Adriana Ruckert; Cardoso de Oliveira, Debora; Jo, Wendy Karen; Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo P.; Pedro, Wagner André; Queiroz, Luzia Helena; Minoprio, Paola; Durigon, Edison L.; Drexler, Jan Felix; Ruckert da Rosa, Adriana; de Oliveira, Debora Cardoso
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ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
We detected arenavirus RNA in 1.6% of 1,047 bats in Brazil that were sampled during 2007-2011. We identified Tacaribe virus in 2 Artibeus sp. bats and a new arenavirus species in Carollia perspicillata bats that we named Tietê mammarenavirus. Our results suggest that bats are an underrecognized arenavirus reservoir. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]