Phylogenetic analysis of the S segment from Juquitiba hantavirus: identification of two distinct lineages in Oligoryzomys nigripes

Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Aug:18:262-8. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.027. Epub 2013 Jun 7.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the phylogenetic relationship of the Juquitiba virus (JUQV) carried by Oligoryzomys nigripes in endemic and non-endemic areas of Brazil. Wild rodents infected with the Juquitiba virus (JUQV) were sampled from a non-Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome endemic area in Brazil. Three strains from O. nigripes were identified by the sequencing of the complete S segment and compared to previous studies of JUQV available in GenBank. The phylogenetic analysis of the complete S segment revealed two distinct clades; the first clade was composed of the JUQV from two non-endemic areas in Brazil and the second clade contained JUQV strains from Argentina, Paraguay and other Brazilian endemic areas.

Keywords: Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome; Juquitiba virus; Non-endemic area; Sigmodontine rodents.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae / virology*
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Brazil
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Orthohantavirus / classification*
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Viral Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Viral Proteins