Novel Echarate Virus Variant Isolated from Patient with Febrile Illness, Chanchamayo, Peru

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2023 Aug 23

PMID 37610254

Authors

Gilda Troncos

Dina Popuche

Bishwo N Adhikari

Kyle A Long

Jane Rios

Michel Valerio

Carolina Guevara

Regina Z Cer

Kimberly A Bishop-Lilly

Julia S Ampuero

Maria Silva

Cristhopher D Cruz

Affiliations

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Abstract

A new phlebovirus variant was isolated from an acute febrile patient in Chanchamayo, Peru. Genome characterization and p-distance analyses based on complete open reading frames revealed that the virus is probably a natural reassortant of the Echarate virus (large and small segments) with a yet-unidentified phlebovirus (M segment).

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