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Characterization of two new rhabdoviruses isolated from midges (Culicoides SPP) in the Brazilian Amazon: proposed members of a new genus, Bracorhabdovirus

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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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  1. Seção de Microscopia Eletrônica, Instituto Evandro Chagas, SVS, Ministério da Saúde, Belém, Brazil

    J. A. P. Diniz

  2. Seção de Arbovirologia e Febres Hemorrágicas, Instituto Evandro Chagas, SVS, Ministério da Saúde, Belém, Brazil

    M. R. T. Nunes, A. C. R. Cruz, D. B. A. Medeiros, J. O. Chiang & P. F. C. Vasconcelos

  3. Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, U.S.A.

    A. P. A. Travassos da Rosa

  4. Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

    W. de Souza

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Diniz, J., Nunes, M., Travassos da Rosa, A. et al. Characterization of two new rhabdoviruses isolated from midges (Culicoides SPP) in the Brazilian Amazon: proposed members of a new genus, Bracorhabdovirus. Arch Virol 151, 2519–2527 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-006-0812-1

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