TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of Merino Walk virus, a novel arenavirus isolated in South Africa
AU - Palacios, Gustavo
AU - Savji, Nazir
AU - Hui, Jeffrey
AU - Da Rosa, Amelia Travassos
AU - Popov, Vsevolod
AU - Briese, Thomas
AU - Tesh, Robert
AU - Lipkin, W. Ian
PY - 2010/5/1
Y1 - 2010/5/1
N2 - Merino Walk virus (MWV), a proposed novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, was isolated from a rodent, Myotomys unisulcatus, collected at Merino Walk, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1985. Full-length genomic sequence confirmed MWV as an arenavirus related distantly to Mobala, Mopeia and Ippy viruses, all members of the Old World arenavirus complex. We propose MWV as a tentative novel species in the Lassa-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus complex, based on its isolation from a novel rodent species and its genetic and serological characteristics.
AB - Merino Walk virus (MWV), a proposed novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, was isolated from a rodent, Myotomys unisulcatus, collected at Merino Walk, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1985. Full-length genomic sequence confirmed MWV as an arenavirus related distantly to Mobala, Mopeia and Ippy viruses, all members of the Old World arenavirus complex. We propose MWV as a tentative novel species in the Lassa-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus complex, based on its isolation from a novel rodent species and its genetic and serological characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1099/vir.0.017798-0
DO - 10.1099/vir.0.017798-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 20071489
AN - SCOPUS:77951074733
SN - 0022-1317
VL - 91
SP - 1315
EP - 1324
JO - Journal of General Virology
JF - Journal of General Virology
IS - 5
ER -