Xiburema Virus, a Hitherto Undescribed Virus within the Family Rhabdoviridae Isolated in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Ana Lucia M Wanzeller; Lívia C Martins; José Antonio P Diniz Júnior; Daniele Barbosa de Almeida Medeiros; Jedson F Cardoso; Daisy E A da Silva; Layanna F de Oliveira; Janaina M de Vasconcelos; Márcio R T Nunes; João Lídio da S G Vianez Júnior; Pedro F C Vasconcelos

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00454-14

Xiburema Virus, a Hitherto Undescribed Virus within the Family Rhabdoviridae Isolated in the Brazilian Amazon Region

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 19;2(3):e00454-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00454-14.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil anawanzeller@iec.pa.gov.br marcionunes@iec.pa.gov.br.
² Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
³ Department of Electron Microscopy, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Belém, Brazil.
⁴ Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
⁵ Center for Technological Innovation, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil anawanzeller@iec.pa.gov.br marcionunes@iec.pa.gov.br.

Abstract

We report here the first complete open reading frame (ORF) genome sequence of Xiburema virus (XIBV), that of strain BE AR362159, isolated from mosquitoes (Sabethes intermedius) in Sena Madureira, Acre state, northern Brazil. All genes showed similarities with those belonging to members of the family Rhabdoviridae.