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Patawa Virus, a New Arenavirus Hosted by Forest Rodents in French Guiana

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Molecular screening of rodents from French Guiana has detected a new arenavirus, named “Patawa,” in two Oecomys species (Muridae, Sigmodontinae). Further investigations are needed to better understand the circulation of this virus in rodent and human populations and its public health impact.

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Acknowledgments

This study was conducted within the ViRUSES program, supported by European funds (FEDER) and assistance from Région Guyane and Direction Régionale pour la Recherche et la Technologie, and received a European commission “REGPOT-CT-2011-285837-STRonGer” Grant within the FP7 and an “Investissement d’Avenir” Grant managed by Agence Nationale de la Recherche (CEBA, Ref. ANR-10-LABX-25-01). Field work at Cacao was funded by Agence Nationale de la Recherche under contract 2006-SEST-20-01 attributed to Th. De Meeus. FC acknowledges the technical expertise of Michel Gillioz at the Geneva Natural History Museum for curating specimens with care.

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  1. Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana

    Anne Lavergne, Benoit de Thoisy, Damien Donato, Amandine Guidez & Vincent Lacoste

  2. Association Kwata, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana

    Benoit de Thoisy

  3. Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana

    Séverine Matheus

  4. Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France

    François Catzeflis

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Lavergne, A., de Thoisy, B., Donato, D. et al. Patawa Virus, a New Arenavirus Hosted by Forest Rodents in French Guiana. EcoHealth 12, 339–346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-014-0971-6

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