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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research

Mammarenaviruses of Rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Jocelyn Jardine1, Felicity J. Burt2, Alasdair J. Shepherd, Susan P. Shepherd, Patricia A. Leman, Alan Kemp, Lawrence E.O. Braack3, Jacqueline WeyerComments to Author , Janusz T. Paweska, and Robert Swanepoel3
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.A. Grobbelaar, J. Jardine, F.J. Burt, A.J. Shepherd, S.P. Shepherd, P.A. Leman, A. Kemp, J. Weyer, J.T. Paweska, R. Swanepoel); South African National Parks Board, Skukuza, South Africa (L.E.O. Braack).

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Table 1

Origins of viruses and nucleotide sequences used in serologic and phylogenetic studies of mammarenaviruses of rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe*

Virus isolate Source Location Obtained from Latitude† Longitude† GenBank accession no.‡
Mopeia SPU84/491/40 Mastomys natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa This study −24.875 31.625 KF926396
Mopeia SPU84/491/38 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 Not on tree§
Mopeia SPU84/491/45 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 Not on tree§
Mopeia SPU84/491/74 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 Not on tree§
Mopeia SPU84/491/75 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 Not on tree§
Mopeia SPU84/491/50 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 KF926397
Mopeia SPB801480 M. natalensis Kwekwe, Zimbabwe CDC KF926400
Mopeia SPU84/491/69 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 KF926399
Mopeia SPU84/491/73 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 KF926401
Mopeia SPU84/491/52 M. natalensis Nwaswitshaka, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.875 31.625 KF926398
Mopeia SPU89/462/61 M. natalensis Mahudzi, South Africa Isolated in this study −23.875 31.625 KF926405
Mopeia SPU94/088/235 M. natalensis Mazithi, South Africa Isolated in this study −24.375 31.875 KF926406
Mopeia SPU94/089/38 M. natalensis Nhlanganzwani, South Africa Isolated in this study −25.125 31.875 KF926404
Mopeia SPU94/089/33 M. natalensis Nhlanganzwani, South Africa Isolated in this study −25.125 31.875 KF926403
Mopeia SPU82/030/1 M. natalensis Flesk, Zimbabwe Isolated in this study −20.125 30.875 KF926407
Mopeia AN20410 M. natalensis Mopeia, Mozambique Reisolated in this study −18.037 35.733 KF926391
Mopeia AN21366 M. natalensis Mopeia, Mozambique Reisolated in this study −17.808 35.733 KF926395
Mopeia AN20602 M. natalensis Mopeia, Mozambique Reisolated in this study −18.037 35.733 KF926392
Mopeia AN20615 M. natalensis Mopeia, Mozambique Reisolated in this study −18.037 35.733 KF926393
Morogoro 3017/2004 M. natalensis Magadu, Tanzania GenBank, sequence only NA NA EU914103
Mopeia SPB801478 M. natalensis Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CDC NA NA KF926402
Mopeia AN20616 M. natalensis Mopeia, Mozambique Reisolated in this study −18.037 35.733 KF926394
Gairo TZ-27421 M. natalensis Tanzania GenBank, sequence only NA NA KJ855308
Dhati Welel LAV2586 M. natalensis Ethiopia GenBank, sequence only NA NA MT078838
Mobala ACAR 3080 Praomys jacksoni Central African Republic GenBank, sequence only NA NA AY342390
Luna NMW-1 Aethomys chrysophilus Zambia GenBank, sequence only NA NA AB586646
Gbagroube CIV6008 Mus setulosus Cote d'Ivoire GenBank, sequence only NA NA GU830848
Jirandogo JIR76 Mus baoulei Ghana GenBank, sequence only NA NA JX845169
Lassa 391 Human Nigeria GenBank, sequence only NA NA X52400
Lassa Josiah Human Sierra Leone CDC NA NA J04324
Lassa 331 Human Sierra Leone CAMR NA NA KF926390
Menekre CIV1227 Hylomyscus spp. Cote d’Ivoire GenBank, sequence only NA NA GU830862
Solwezi 13ZR68 Grammomys spp. Zambia GenBank, sequence only NA NA AB972428
Ippy DakAnB188d Arvicanthus spp. Central African Republic YARU NA NA DQ328877
Mariental N27 MRMi. N9 Micaelamys namaquensis Namibia GenBank, sequence only NA NA KM272987
Bobomene SPU84/491/106 A. chrysophilus Bobomene, South Africa Isolated in this study −22.625 31.125 KF926408
Merino Walk SPU85/353 Otomys unisulcatus Merino Walk, South Africa Isolated in this study −31.125 27.625 KF926409
Okahandja N73 OkhMi.n4 Micaelamys namaquensis Namibia GenBank, sequence only NA NA KM272988
Witsand SPU86/485 M. namaquensis Witsand, South Africa Isolated in this study −28.625 22.375 KF926412
Bitu ANG0070 M. namaquensis Tundavala, Angola GenBank, sequence only NA NA MZ065539
Omdraaivlei SPU86/415/4 O. unisulcatus Omdraaivlei, South Africa Isolated in this study −30.125 23.125 KF926410
Omdraaivlei SPU86/415/2 O. unisulcatus Omdraaivlei, South Africa Isolated in this study −30.125 23.125 KF926411
Souris 05775–5302–5304 Praomys sp. Cameroon GenBank, sequence only NA NA KP050227
Natorduori NAT23 Mus mattheyi Ghana GenBank, sequence only NA NA JX845170
Lunk NKS-1 Mus minutoides Zambia GenBank, sequence only NA NA NC018710
Dandenong 0710–2678 Human Australia GenBank, sequence only NA NA EU136038
LCM WE Human New York, USA GenBank, sequence only NA NA M22017
LCM Armstrong 53 Human Missouri, USA GenBank, sequence only NA NA M20869
Lujo SPU08/308 Human Zambia NICD NA NA FJ952384
Tacaribe 11573 Artibeus lituratus (bat) Trinidad GenBank, sequence only NA NA M20304
Pichinde 3739 Oryzomys albigularis Colombia GenBank, sequence only NA NA K02735
Oliveros 3229–1 Bolomys obscurus Argentina GenBank, sequence only NA NA U34248

*CAMR, Center for Applied Microbiology and Research; CDC, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; NA, not applicable; NICD, National Institute for Communicable Diseases; USAMRIID, United States Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; YARU, Yale Arbovirus Research Unit. †Geographic coordinates are shown for viruses isolated or reisolated from field samples in this study. ‡GenBank accession numbers are shown for partial nucleotide sequences used for phylogenetic analysis in [[ANCHOR###F5###Figure 5###Anchor]]. §Same partial nucleotide sequences as isolate SPU84/491/40.

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1Current affiliation: EduVos, Midrand, South Africa.

2Current affiliation: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

3Current affiliation: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

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