Andes hantavirus variant in rodents, southern Amazon Basin, Peru

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):257-60. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.131418.

Abstract

We investigated hantaviruses in rodents in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru and identified an Andes virus variant from Neacomys spinosus mice. This finding extends the known range of this virus in South America and the range of recognized hantaviruses in Peru. Further studies of the epizoology of hantaviruses in this region are warranted.

Keywords: Amazon Basin; Neacomys spinosus; Peru; bunyaviruses; epidemiology; hantavirus; mice; rodents; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Female
  • Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Hantavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Hantavirus Infections / virology
  • Male
  • Orthohantavirus / classification
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics*
  • Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification
  • Peru / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / classification*
  • RNA, Viral / genetics
  • Rodent Diseases*
  • Sigmodontinae / virology*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral