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Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Dispatch

Reemergence of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Mammarenavirus, Germany

Calvin Mehl, Claudia Wylezich, Christina Geiger, Nicole Schauerte, Kerstin Mätz-Rensing, Anne Nesseler, Dirk Höper, Miriam Linnenbrink, Martin Beer, Gerald Heckel, and Rainer G. UlrichComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald–Insel Riems, Germany (C. Mehl, C. Wylezich, D. Höper, M. Beer, R.G. Ulrich); German Center for Infection Research, Hamburg–Lübeck–Borstel–Riems, Germany (C. Mehl, R.G. Ulrich); Zoo Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (C. Geiger, N. Schauerte); German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany (K. Mätz-Rensing); Landeslabor Hessen, Giessen, Germany (A. Nesseler); Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany (M. Linnenbrink); University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Bern, Switzerland (G. Heckel)

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Phylogeny of the L protein encoding nucleotide sequences of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) identified in Germany (blue arrows) and reference sequences, constructed by using Bayesian inference. Lunk virus from Mus minutoides mice was used as an outgroup. Sequence names are comprised of the GenBank accession number, strain name, host species and country of origin (wherever known). Countries are represented by their International Organization for Standardization code (AU, Australia; BG, Bulgaria; CN, China; DE, Germany; ES, Spain; FR, France; GA, Gabon; GF, French Guiana; JP, Japan; SK, Slovakia; US, USA; YU, former Yugoslavia). Roman numerals (I–IV) represent the different LCMV lineages defined according to Albariño et al. (2); WE and Armstrong refer to laboratory strains of LCMV. Mm, Mus musculus; Mmm, Mus musculus musculus; Mmd, Mus musculus domesticus.

Figure. Phylogeny of the L protein encoding nucleotide sequences of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) identified in Germany (blue arrows) and reference sequences, constructed by using Bayesian inference. Lunk virus from Mus minutoides mice was used as an outgroup. Sequence names are comprised of the GenBank accession number, strain name, host species and country of origin (wherever known). Countries are represented by their International Organization for Standardization code (AU, Australia; BG, Bulgaria; CN, China; DE, Germany; ES, Spain; FR, France; GA, Gabon; GF, French Guiana; JP, Japan; SK, Slovakia; US, USA; YU, former Yugoslavia). Roman numerals (I–IV) represent the different LCMV lineages defined according to Albariño et al. (2); WE and Armstrong refer to laboratory strains of LCMV. Mm, Mus musculus; Mmm, Mus musculus musculus; Mmd, Mus musculus domesticus.

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