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Volume 21, Number 5—May 2015
Research

Itaya virus, a Novel Orthobunyavirus Associated with Human Febrile Illness, Peru

Robert D. Hontz, Carolina Guevara, Eric S. Halsey, Jesus Silvas, Felix W. Santiago, Steven G. Widen, Thomas G. Wood, Wilma Casanova, Scott C. Weaver, Douglas Watts, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Hideki Ebihara, and Patricia V. AguilarComments to Author 
Author affiliations: United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Lima, Peru (R.D. Hontz, C. Guevara, E.S. Halsey, D.M. Watts, T.J. Kochel); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (J. Silvas, F.W. Santiago, S.G. Widen, T.G. Wood, N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Galveston, Texas, USA (J. Silvas, F.W. Santiago, N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); Direccion Regional de Salud Loreto, Iquitos, Peru (W. Casanova); Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Galveston (N. Vasilakis, P.V. Aguilar); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, USA (H. Ebihara)

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Table 1

Viruses analyzed to determine their genetic relationship to Itaya virus, a novel Orthobunyavirus, Peru*

Strain Country Year isolated Host species Age, y/sex Occupation Virus Reference
IQT9646 Peru 1999 Human 25/M Worker Itaya This study
FSL2923 Peru 2006 Human 59/M Teacher Itaya (11)
FPI2066 Peru 2011 Human 29/M Farmer Caraparu This study
BeAn 3994 Brazil 1956 Sentinel monkey NA NA Caraparu (13,14)
BeAn 974 Brazil 1955 Cebus apella NA NA Murutucu This study
TRVL 51144 Trinidad 1963 Culex (Melanoconium) portesi NA NA Restan This study
TRVL 18462 Trinidad 1957 Culex (Aedinus) accelerans NA NA Nepuyo This study
77V-74814 Brazil 1977 Sentinel mouse NA NA Broconha This study
Fe3–71H2 United States 1963 Culex (Melanoconium) NA NA Gumbo Limbo This study
BeAn 848 Brazil 1955 Cebus apella NA NA Apeu (15)
BeAn15 Brazil 1954 Cebus apella NA NA Marituba (11)
BeAn17 Brazil 1954 Cebus apella NA NA Oriboca (11)
BT4075 Panama 1961 Human 36/M Unknown Madrid (11)

*NA, not applicable.

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