Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2009)

Independent Lineage of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Wood Mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), Spain

  • Juan Ledesma,
  • Cesare Giovanni Fedele,
  • Francisco Carro,
  • Lourdes Lledó,
  • María Paz Sánchez-Seco,
  • Antonio Tenorio,
  • Ramón Casimiro Soriguer,
  • José Vicente Saz,
  • Gerardo Domínguez,
  • María Flora Rosas,
  • Jesús Félix Barandika,
  • María Isabel Gegúndez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.090563
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 10
pp. 1677 – 1680

Abstract

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To clarify the presence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in Spain, we examined blood and tissue specimens from 866 small mammals. LCMV RNA was detected in 3 of 694 wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the strains constitute a new evolutionary lineage. LCMV antibodies were detected in 4 of 10 rodent species tested.

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