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Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch

Novel Arenavirus Isolates from Namaqua Rock Mice, Namibia, Southern Africa

Peter T. WitkowskiComments to Author , René Kallies, Julia Hoveka, Brita Auste, Ndapewa L. Ithete, Katarína Šoltys, Tomáš Szemes, Sung Sup Park, Wolfgang Preiser, Boris Klempa, John K.E. Mfune, and Detlev H. Kruger
Author affiliations: Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany (P.T. Witkowski, B. Auste, B. Klempa, D.H. Kruger); Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Leipzig, Germany (R. Kallies); University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany (R. Kallies, C. Drosten); University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia (J. Hoveka, J.K.E. Mfune); Stellenbosch University and National Health Laboratory Services Tygerberg, Cape Town, South Africa (N.L. Ithete, W. Preiser); Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia (K. Šoltys, T. Szemes); Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (B. Klempa)

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Figure 1

Screening for arenaviruses in Namibia. Trapping locations (named according to the nearest urban settlement) of small mammals. Sites where samples positive for new arenaviruses were found are marked by a crossed circle and underlined locality names. Geographic positioning system coordinates of the trapping sites: Ben Hur, 22°87.26′S, 19°21.10′E; Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), 16°39.0′E, 20°28.12′S; Mariental, 24°62.08′S, 17°95.93′E; Okahandja, (21°98.33′S, 16°91.32′E); Palmwag, 19°53.23′S, 13°5

Figure 1. Screening for arenaviruses in Namibia. Trapping locations (named according to the nearest urban settlement) of small mammals. Sites where samples positive for new arenaviruses were found are marked by a crossed circle and underlined locality names. Geographic positioning system coordinates of the trapping sites: Ben Hur, 22°87.26′S, 19°21.10′E; Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), 16°39.0′E, 20°28.12′S; Mariental, 24°62.08′S, 17°95.93′E; Okahandja, (21°98.33′S, 16°91.32′E); Palmwag, 19°53.23′S, 13°56.35′E; Rundu, 17°56.645′S, 20°05.109′E; Talismanis, 21°84.30′S, 20°73.91′E; Windhoek, 22°49.93′S, 17°34.76′E.

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