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Co-infection of mammarenaviruses in a wild mouse, Tanzania
- 1.0560186 - ÚBO 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Cuypers, L. N. - Čížková, Dagmar - Goüy de Bellocq, Joëlle
Co-infection of mammarenaviruses in a wild mouse, Tanzania.
Virus Evolution. Roč. 8, č. 2 (2022), č. článku veac065. E-ISSN 2057-1577
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA18-19629S
Research Infrastructure: e-INFRA CZ - 90140
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : co-infection * Mafiga mammarenavirus * Lemniscomys rosalia * zoonotic infections * recombination * BlobTools
OECD category: Virology
Impact factor: 6.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/8/2/veac065/6649492?login=true
Mammarenaviruses are bi-segmented RNA viruses. They encompass viruses responsible for several severe diseases in humans. While performing a de novo assembly of a new virus found in a wild single-striped grass mouse in Tanzania, we found a single S but two divergent L segments. Natural co-infections, common within reptarenaviruses in captivity, were never reported for mammarenaviruses and never in a wild sample. This finding can have implications for virus evolution as co-infection could trigger viral recombination/reassortment in natural reservoirs.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0333196
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