Genetic identification of Kodoko virus, a novel arenavirus of the African pigmy mouse (Mus Nannomys minutoides) in West Africa

E Lecompte; J ter Meulen; S Emonet; S Daffis; R N Charrel

doi:10.1016/j.virol.2007.02.008

Genetic identification of Kodoko virus, a novel arenavirus of the African pigmy mouse (Mus Nannomys minutoides) in West Africa

Virology. 2007 Jul 20;364(1):178-83. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.02.008. Epub 2007 Mar 23.

Authors

E Lecompte¹, J ter Meulen, S Emonet, S Daffis, R N Charrel

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Virology, Philipps University, Hans-Meerweinstrasse, 35 043 Marburg, Germany. emilie.lecompte@hotmail.fr

PMID: 17382366
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.02.008

Abstract

Genetic evidence of a novel arenavirus species related to but distinct from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) was obtained from a rodent belonging to an endemic African subgenus of Mus (Nannomys). The phylogenetic position among Old World arenaviruses of this new arenavirus, named Kodoko virus, was reconstructed based on L and NP genes sequences. The finding of an Old World arenavirus related to LCMV outside the known geographical range of LCMV in a novel rodent species reveals new insights about the evolutionary history of arenaviruses.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Africa, Western
Animals
Arenaviridae Infections / virology
Arenaviruses, Old World / classification
Arenaviruses, Old World / genetics*
Arenaviruses, Old World / isolation & purification
Base Sequence
DNA Primers / genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Humans
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / classification
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus / genetics
Mice / virology*
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Viral / genetics
Species Specificity
Zoonoses / virology

Substances

DNA Primers
RNA, Viral

Associated data

GENBANK/EF179864
GENBANK/EF179865
GENBANK/EF189586
GENBANK/EF189587