Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Coulibaly-N'Golo D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111462 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Coulibaly-N'Golo David D Allali Bernard B Kouassi Stéphane K SK Fichet-Calvet Elisabeth E Becker-Ziaja Beate B Rieger Toni T Olschläger Stephan S Dosso Hernri H Denys Christiane C Ter Meulen Jan J Akoua-Koffi Chantal C Günther Stephan S
PloS one 20110609 6
This study aimed to identify new arenaviruses and gather insights in the evolution of arenaviruses in Africa. During 2003 through 2005, 1,228 small mammals representing 14 different genera were trapped in 9 villages in south, east, and middle west of Côte d'Ivoire. Specimens were screened by pan-Old World arenavirus RT-PCRs targeting S and L RNA segments as well as immunofluorescence assay. Sequences of two novel tentative species of the family Arenaviridae, Menekre and Gbagroube virus, were det ...[more]