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Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of Merino Walk virus, a novel arenavirus isolated in South Africa.


ABSTRACT: Merino Walk virus (MWV), a proposed novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, was isolated from a rodent, Myotomys unisulcatus, collected at Merino Walk, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1985. Full-length genomic sequence confirmed MWV as an arenavirus related distantly to Mobala, Mopeia and Ippy viruses, all members of the Old World arenavirus complex. We propose MWV as a tentative novel species in the Lassa-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus complex, based on its isolation from a novel rodent species and its genetic and serological characteristics.

SUBMITTER: Palacios G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2888150 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genomic and phylogenetic characterization of Merino Walk virus, a novel arenavirus isolated in South Africa.

Palacios Gustavo G   Savji Nazir N   Hui Jeffrey J   Travassos da Rosa Amelia A   Popov Vsevolod V   Briese Thomas T   Tesh Robert R   Lipkin W Ian WI  

The Journal of general virology 20100113 Pt 5


Merino Walk virus (MWV), a proposed novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, was isolated from a rodent, Myotomys unisulcatus, collected at Merino Walk, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1985. Full-length genomic sequence confirmed MWV as an arenavirus related distantly to Mobala, Mopeia and Ippy viruses, all members of the Old World arenavirus complex. We propose MWV as a tentative novel species in the Lassa-lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus complex, based on its isolation from a novel  ...[more]

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