Oropouche virus isolation, southeast Brazil

Emerg Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;11(10):1610-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1110.050464.

Abstract

An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novel host (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fixation test and confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis identified this strain as a genotype III isolate previously recognized only in Panama.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Bunyaviridae Infections / virology
  • Callithrix / virology*
  • Complement Fixation Tests
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Monkey Diseases / virology*
  • Orthobunyavirus / classification*
  • Orthobunyavirus / genetics
  • Orthobunyavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Phylogeny
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction