Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016
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Arenavirus Diversity and Phylogeography of Mastomys natalensis Rodents, Nigeria
Table
Source and testing results for arenavirus-positive Mastomys natalensis rodents, Nigeria, January 2011–March 2013*
Specimen no. |
Date of capture |
Village |
Habitat |
GPC gene
(13) |
GenBank accession no. |
L gene (12) |
GenBank accession no. |
88 | 2011 Mar 22 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640562 | + | KP688321 |
97 | 2011 Mar 22 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640563 | + | KP688322 |
106 | 2011 Mar 23 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640564 | + | KP688323 |
109 | 2011 Mar 23 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640565 | + | KP688324 |
240 | 2011 Oct 17 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640566 | + | KP688325 |
271 | 2011 Oct 19 | Eguare-Egoro | Indoors | + | KP640567 | + | KP688326 |
447 | 2012 Mar 26 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640568 | + | KP688327 |
508 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Indoors | + | KP640569 | + | KP688328 |
512 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640570 | + | KP688329 |
518 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Indoors | + | KP640571 | + | KP688330 |
521 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640572 | + | KP688331 |
539 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640573 | + | KP688332 |
549 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640574 | + | KP688333 |
555 | 2012 Oct 18 | Ekpoma | Indoors | + | KP640575 | + | KP688334 |
601 | 2012 Oct 21 | Ekpoma | Peridomestic outdoor vegetation | + | KP640576 | + | KP688335 |
748 | 2013 Mar 04 | Mayo-Ranewo | Indoors | – | KP640577† | + | KP688336 |
*The cytochrome b sequences from these 16 arenavirus-positive M. natalensis rodents were assigned GenBank accession nos. KP688337–KP688352. +, positive; –, negative.
†Sequence KP640577 was eventually obtained by using primers OWS-1 and OWS-1000 (Technical Appendix 1 Table.
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