Abstract
Hantaviruses are rodent-borne, 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 demonstrate a novel hantavirus species, which we propose to name "Sangassou virus."
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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DNA, Viral / analysis
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Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
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Guinea / epidemiology
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Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Hantavirus Infections / transmission
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Hantavirus Infections / virology*
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Humans
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Likelihood Functions
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Murinae / virology*
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Orthohantavirus / classification*
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Orthohantavirus / genetics
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Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / analysis
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
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Rodent Diseases / transmission
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Rodent Diseases / virology*
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Sequence Alignment
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Zoonoses*