TY - JOUR
T1 - Carajas and Maraba viruses, two new vesiculoviruses isolated from phlebotomine sand flies in Brazil
AU - Travassos Da Rosa, A. P.A.
AU - Tesh, R. B.
AU - Travassos Da Rosa, J. F.
AU - Herve, J. P.
AU - Main, A. J.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Two new rhabdoviruses, designated Carajas and Maraba, are described. Both were isolated from phlebotomine sand flies (Lutzomyia spp.) collected in the Amazon basin of Brazil. One recovery of Carajas virus was made from male sand flies. By complement-fixation and neutralization tests both agents were shown to be members of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) serogroup (genus Vesiculovirus). The pathogenicity of the two viruses in mice and Vero cells is similar to that of VSV-Indiana and VSV-New Jersey. Both Carajas and Maraba viruses replicated in Lutzomyia longipalpis following intrathoracic inoculation, and both agents were transovarially transmitted in this sand fly species.
AB - Two new rhabdoviruses, designated Carajas and Maraba, are described. Both were isolated from phlebotomine sand flies (Lutzomyia spp.) collected in the Amazon basin of Brazil. One recovery of Carajas virus was made from male sand flies. By complement-fixation and neutralization tests both agents were shown to be members of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) serogroup (genus Vesiculovirus). The pathogenicity of the two viruses in mice and Vero cells is similar to that of VSV-Indiana and VSV-New Jersey. Both Carajas and Maraba viruses replicated in Lutzomyia longipalpis following intrathoracic inoculation, and both agents were transovarially transmitted in this sand fly species.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.1984.33.999
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1984.33.999
M3 - Article
C2 - 6091472
AN - SCOPUS:0021750429
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 33
SP - 999
EP - 1006
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -