Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil
Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes, Carlo Fischer, Angélica Cristine de Almeida Campos, Cristiano de Carvalho, Andrés Moreira‐Soto, Guilherme Ambar, Adriana Rückert da Rosa, Debora Cardoso de Oliveira, Wendy K. Jo, Ariovaldo P. Cruz‐Neto, Wagner André Pedro, Luzia Helena Queiroz, Paola Minóprio, Edison Luíz Durigon, Jan Felix Drexler
Abstract
We detected arenavirus RNA in 1.6% of 1,047 bats in Brazil that were sampled during 2007-2011. We identified Tacaribe virus in 2 Artibeus sp. bats and a new arenavirus species in Carollia perspicillata bats that we named Tietê mammarenavirus. Our results suggest that bats are an underrecognized arenavirus reservoir.
Topics & Concepts
ArenavirusArtibeusBiologyVirologyJunin virusZoologySigmodontinaeOld WorldLymphocytic choriomeningitisRodentEcologyGeneticsCytotoxic T cellIn vitroViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchViral Infections and VectorsBat Biology and Ecology Studies