Emergence of new insect-restrictive viruses in the Amazon region

Márcio R T Nunes; Sandro P Silva; Valéria L Carvalho; Janaina M Vasconcelos; Daisy E A Da Silva; Layanna F Oliveira; Joaquim P Nunes Neto; Sueli G Rodrigues; Raimunda S S Azevedo; Hamilton A O Monteiro; Jedson F Cardoso; Hilda Guzman; Robert Tesh; Pedro F C Vasconcelos; João L S G Vianez-Júnior; Lívia C Martins

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00131-15

Emergence of new insect-restrictive viruses in the Amazon region

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 19;3(2):e00131-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00131-15.

Authors

Márcio R T Nunes¹, Sandro P Silva², Valéria L Carvalho³, Janaina M Vasconcelos², Daisy E A Da Silva², Layanna F Oliveira², Joaquim P Nunes Neto³, Sueli G Rodrigues³, Raimunda S S Azevedo³, Hamilton A O Monteiro³, Jedson F Cardoso², Hilda Guzman⁴, Robert Tesh⁴, Pedro F C Vasconcelos³, João L S G Vianez-Júnior², Lívia C Martins³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil marcionunes@iec.pa.gov.br.
² Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
³ Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

The complete genome was determined for 12 viruses isolated from 8 different pools of mosquitoes (Culex sp. and Psorophora ferox) collected at Brejeira farm, Canaan dos Carajas, Para state in northern Brazil. Eight of the viruses were distantly related to Piura virus, hereafter designated as Brejeira virus; the other 4 were similar to Wallerfield virus.