High diversity of RNA viruses in rodents, Ethiopia

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Dec;18(12):2047-50. doi: 10.3201/eid1812.120596.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Ethiopia
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Orthohantavirus / classification
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA Virus Infections / veterinary*
  • RNA Virus Infections / virology
  • RNA Viruses / classification
  • RNA Viruses / genetics*
  • RNA, Viral
  • Rodent Diseases / virology*
  • Rodentia

Substances

  • RNA, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ956484
  • GENBANK/JQ956485
  • GENBANK/JQ956486
  • GENBANK/JQ956487