Mimivirus circulation among wild and domestic mammals, Amazon Region, Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Mar;20(3):469-72. doi: 10.3201/eid2003.131050.

Abstract

To investigate circulation of mimiviruses in the Amazon Region of Brazil, we surveyed 513 serum samples from domestic and wild mammals. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in 15 sample pools, and mimivirus DNA was detected in 9 pools of serum from capuchin monkeys and in 16 pools of serum from cattle.

Keywords: Amazon; Brazil; bovine serum; megavirales; megavirus; mimivirus; monkey serum; vertebrates; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / virology*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Animals, Wild
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • DNA, Viral
  • Geography
  • Mammals
  • Mimiviridae
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Viral Load
  • Virus Diseases / veterinary*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral