Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamoré virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana.

Séverine Matheus (1) , Anne Lavergne (2) , Benoît de Thoisy (2) , Philippe Dussart (1) , Vincent Lacoste (1)

1 CNR - laboratoire associé - Centre National de Référence pour les Arbovirus - Laboratoire de Virologie [Cayenne, Guyane française]
2 Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes [Cayenne, Guyane Française]

We report the first complete genome sequence of Maripa virus identified in 2009 from a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in French Guiana. Maripa virus corresponds to a new variant of the Rio Mamoré virus species in the Bunyaviridae family, genus Hantavirus.

Domains: Virology

Séverine Matheus, Anne Lavergne, Benoît de Thoisy, Philippe Dussart, Vincent Lacoste. Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamoré virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana.. Journal of Virology, 2012, 86 (9), pp.5399. ⟨10.1128/JVI.00337-12⟩. ⟨pasteur-00752355⟩