Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2023)

Reemergence of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Mammarenavirus, Germany

  • Calvin Mehl,
  • Claudia Wylezich,
  • Christina Geiger,
  • Nicole Schauerte,
  • Kerstin Mätz-Rensing,
  • Anne Nesseler,
  • Dirk Höper,
  • Miriam Linnenbrink,
  • Martin Beer,
  • Gerald Heckel,
  • Rainer G. Ulrich

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.221822
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 631 – 634

Abstract

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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus (LCMV) is a globally distributed zoonotic pathogen transmitted by house mice (Mus musculus). We report the reemergence of LCMV (lineages I and II) in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) and LCMV lineage I in a diseased golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) from a zoo in Germany.

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