Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2005)

Oropouche Virus Isolation, Southeast Brazil

  • Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes,
  • Lívia Carício Martins,
  • Sueli Guerreiro Rodrigues,
  • Jannifer Oliveira Chiang,
  • Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo,
  • Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa,
  • Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1110.050464
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 10
pp. 1610 – 1613

Abstract

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An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novel host (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis identified this strain as a genotype III isolate previously recognized only in Panama.

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