Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamoré virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana

Séverine Matheus; Anne Lavergne; Benoît de Thoisy; Philippe Dussart; Vincent Lacoste

doi:10.1128/JVI.00337-12

Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamoré virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana

J Virol. 2012 May;86(9):5399. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00337-12.

Authors

Séverine Matheus¹, Anne Lavergne, Benoît de Thoisy, Philippe Dussart, Vincent Lacoste

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Hantavirus, Laboratoire associé, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.

Abstract

We report the first complete genome sequence of Maripa virus identified in 2009 from a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in French Guiana. Maripa virus corresponds to a new variant of the Rio Mamoré virus species in the Bunyaviridae family, genus Hantavirus.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

French Guiana
Genes, Viral
Genome, Viral*
Molecular Sequence Data
Orthohantavirus / classification*
Orthohantavirus / genetics*
Phylogeny

Associated data

GENBANK/JQ611712
GENBANK/JQ611713
GENBANK/JQ611714