Abstract
The Juquitiba virus, an agent of Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome, is one of the most widely distributed hantavirus found in South America. It has been detected in Oligoryzomys nigripes, Akodon montensis, Oxymycterus judex, Akodon paranaensis in Brazil and in O. nigripes, Oryzomys sp. and Oligoryzomys fornesi rodents in Argentine, Paraguay and Uruguay. Here, we report the genomic characterization of the complete S segment from the Juquitiba strain, isolated from the lung tissues of O. fornesi, the presumed rodent reservoir of Anajatuba virus in Brazilian Amazon, captured in the Cerrado Biome, Brazil.
Highlights
The hantavirus is among the most important zoonotic pathogens of humans, associated with rodents, insectivores and bats, and is the subject of studies worldwide
We conducted the genomic characterization of the complete S segment (1.9 kb) and fragments of the M segment (520 nt) from the JUQV strain, aiming towards a better characterization of the hantaviruses circulating in this rodent species
In Brazil, this of rodent species mainly occurs in open vegetation formations but can be found in forest formations as the Cerrado and the Amazon region
Summary
The hantavirus is among the most important zoonotic pathogens of humans, associated with rodents, insectivores and bats, and is the subject of studies worldwide. These RNA viruses of the family Bunyaviridae are the etiologic agents of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia, and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), in the Americas [1,2]. As reported for Juquitiba (JUQ) and Jabora (JAB), pathogenic and non pathogenic viruses, respectively [6,7,8,9]. We conducted the genomic characterization of the complete S segment (1.9 kb) and fragments of the M segment (520 nt) from the JUQV strain, aiming towards a better characterization of the hantaviruses circulating in this rodent species
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