TY - JOUR AU - Travassos da Rosa, Elizabeth S. AU - Medeiros, Daniele B. A. AU - Nunes, Márcio R.T. AU - Simith, Darlene B. AU - Pereira, Armando de Souza AU - Elkhoury, Mauro R. AU - Lavocat, Marília AU - Marques, Aparecido A.R. AU - Via, Alba Valéria AU - D’Andrea, Paulo AU - Bonvicino, Cibele R. AU - Lemos, Elba Regina S. AU - Vasconcelos, Pedro F.C. T1 - Pygmy Rice Rat as Potential Host of Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - 1527 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To study the dynamics of wild rodent populations and identify potential hosts for hantavirus, we conducted an eco-epidemiologic study in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. We detected and genetically characterized Castelo dos Sonhos virus found in a species of pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys utiaritensis). KW - viruses KW - Castelo dos Sonhos virus KW - zoonoses KW - CASV KW - hantavirus KW - genetic characterization KW - Oligoryzomys utiaritensis KW - pygmy rice rat KW - Brazil KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1708.101547 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/8/10-1547_article ER - End of Reference