New Virus Genome Sequences of the Guama Serogroup (Genus Orthobunyavirus, Family Bunyaviridae), Isolated in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Valéria L Carvalho; Márcio R T Nunes; Daniele B A Medeiros; Sandro Patroca da Silva; Clayton P S Lima; Davi T Inada; Jedson F Cardoso; João L S G Vianez; Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues; Pedro F C Vasconcelos

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01750-16

New Virus Genome Sequences of the Guama Serogroup (Genus Orthobunyavirus, Family Bunyaviridae), Isolated in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Genome Announc. 2017 Mar 2;5(9):e01750-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01750-16.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil valeriacarvalho@iec.pa.gov.br.
² Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.
³ Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil.

Abstract

This is the first announcement of two nearly complete viral genome sequences belonging to the Guama serogroup (genus Orthobunyavirus, family Bunyaviridae) isolated in the Brazilian Amazon region: Mirim virus (MIRV; BEAN7722) and Ananindeua virus (ANUV; BEAN109303).