TY - JOUR
T1 - Mercadeo virus
T2 - A novel mosquito-specific flavivirus from Panama
AU - Carrera, Jean Paul
AU - Guzman, Hilda
AU - Beltrán, Davis
AU - Díaz, Yamilka
AU - López-Vergès, Sandra
AU - Torres-Cosme, Rolando
AU - Popov, Vsevolod
AU - Widen, Steven G.
AU - Wood, Thomas G.
AU - Weaver, Scott C.
AU - Cáceres-Carrera, Lorenzo
AU - Vasilakis, Nikos
AU - Tesh, Robert B.
PY - 2015/11/4
Y1 - 2015/11/4
N2 - Viruses in the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) include many arthropod-borne viruses of public health and veterinary importance. However, during the past two decades an explosion of novel insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs), some closely related to vertebrate pathogens, have been discovered. Although many flavivirus pathogens of vertebrates have been isolated from naturally infected mosquitoes in Panama, ISFs have not previously been reported from the country. This report describes the isolation and characterization of a novel ISF, tentatively named Mercadeo virus (MECDV), obtained from Culex spp. mosquitoes collected in Panama. Two MECDV isolates were sequenced and cluster phylogenetically with cell-fusing agent virus (CFAV) and Nakiwogo virus (NAKV) to form a distinct lineage within the insect-specific group of flaviviruses.
AB - Viruses in the genus Flavivirus (family Flaviviridae) include many arthropod-borne viruses of public health and veterinary importance. However, during the past two decades an explosion of novel insect-specific flaviviruses (ISFs), some closely related to vertebrate pathogens, have been discovered. Although many flavivirus pathogens of vertebrates have been isolated from naturally infected mosquitoes in Panama, ISFs have not previously been reported from the country. This report describes the isolation and characterization of a novel ISF, tentatively named Mercadeo virus (MECDV), obtained from Culex spp. mosquitoes collected in Panama. Two MECDV isolates were sequenced and cluster phylogenetically with cell-fusing agent virus (CFAV) and Nakiwogo virus (NAKV) to form a distinct lineage within the insect-specific group of flaviviruses.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0117
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0117
M3 - Article
C2 - 26304915
AN - SCOPUS:84941578158
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 93
SP - 1014
EP - 1019
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -