Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2014)

Andes Hantavirus Variant in Rodents, Southern Amazon Basin, Peru

  • Hugo Razuri,
  • Rafal Tokarz,
  • Bruno M. Ghersi,
  • Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich,
  • M. Claudia Guezala,
  • Christian Albujar,
  • A. Patricia Mendoza,
  • Yeny O. Tinoco,
  • Christopher Cruz,
  • Maria Silva,
  • Alicia Vasquez,
  • Víctor Pacheco,
  • Ute Ströher,
  • Lisa Wiggleton Guerrero,
  • Deborah Cannon,
  • Stuart T. Nichol,
  • David L. Hirschberg,
  • W. Ian Lipkin,
  • Daniel G. Bausch,
  • Joel M. Montgomery

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.131418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 257 – 260

Abstract

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We investigated hantaviruses in rodents in the southern Amazon Basin of Peru and identified an Andes virus variant from Neacomys spinosus mice. This finding extends the known range of this virus in South America and the range of recognized hantaviruses in Peru. Further studies of the epizoology of hantaviruses in this region are warranted.

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