Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2023)

Novel Echarate Virus Variant Isolated from Patient with Febrile Illness, Chanchamayo, Peru

  • Gilda Troncos,
  • Dina Popuche,
  • Bishwo N. Adhikari,
  • Kyle A. Long,
  • Jane Ríos,
  • Michel Valerio,
  • Carolina Guevara,
  • Regina Z. Cer,
  • Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly,
  • Julia S. Ampuero,
  • Maria Silva,
  • Cristhopher D. Cruz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230374
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
pp. 1908 – 1912

Abstract

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A new phlebovirus variant was isolated from an acute febrile patient in Chanchamayo, Peru. Genome characterization and p-distance analyses based on complete open reading frames revealed that the virus is probably a natural reassortant of the Echarate virus (large and small segments) with a yet-unidentified phlebovirus (M segment).

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