TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of two new rhabdoviruses isolated from midges (Culicoides SPP) in the Brazilian Amazon
T2 - Proposed members of a new genus, Bracorhabdovirus
AU - Diniz, J. A.P.
AU - Nunes, M. R.T.
AU - Travassos Da Rosa, A. P.A.
AU - Cruz, A. C.R.
AU - De Souza, W.
AU - Medeiros, D. B.A.
AU - Chiang, J. O.
AU - Vasconcelos, P. F.C.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Itacaiunas and Curionopolis viruses were isolated from Culicoides midges in Parauapebas municipality, Pará state, Brazil, in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Itacaiunas virus infected newborn mice and mosquito cells (C6/36), but did not replicate in some mammalian cell lineages; while Curionopolis virus infected only mice. Neither virus showed a serological relationship with any of the 195 known arboviruses circulating in Brazil, nor against 38 other rhabdoviruses isolated worldwide. Both virus particles are bullet-shaped and similar in morphology to that observed for other members of the family Rhabdoviridae. Partial nucleotide sequencing of the N protein showed that those two viruses constitute a separate clade in the family Rhabdoviridae, which we propose to be a new genus, designated Bracorhabdovirus.
AB - Itacaiunas and Curionopolis viruses were isolated from Culicoides midges in Parauapebas municipality, Pará state, Brazil, in 1984 and 1985, respectively. Itacaiunas virus infected newborn mice and mosquito cells (C6/36), but did not replicate in some mammalian cell lineages; while Curionopolis virus infected only mice. Neither virus showed a serological relationship with any of the 195 known arboviruses circulating in Brazil, nor against 38 other rhabdoviruses isolated worldwide. Both virus particles are bullet-shaped and similar in morphology to that observed for other members of the family Rhabdoviridae. Partial nucleotide sequencing of the N protein showed that those two viruses constitute a separate clade in the family Rhabdoviridae, which we propose to be a new genus, designated Bracorhabdovirus.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00705-006-0812-1
DO - 10.1007/s00705-006-0812-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 16835701
AN - SCOPUS:33751413807
SN - 0304-8608
VL - 151
SP - 2519
EP - 2527
JO - Archives of virology
JF - Archives of virology
IS - 12
ER -