Independent Lineage of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Wood Mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), Spain
Juan Ledesma, Cesare Giovanni Fedele, Francisco Carro, Lourdes Lledó, María Paz Sánchez-Seco, Antonio Tenorio, Ramón Casimiro Soriguer, José Vicente Saz, Gerardo Domínguez, María Flora Rosas, Jesús Félix Barandika, and María Isabel Gegúndez
Author affiliations: Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain (J. Ledesma, L. Lledό, J.V. Saz, M.I. Gegúndez); Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid (C.G. Fedele, M.P. Sánchez-Seco, A. Tenorio); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Seville, Spain (F. Carro, R.C. Soriguer); Consejería de Sanidad y Bienestar Social de la Junta de Castilla y León, Burgos, Spain (G. Domínguez); Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid (M.F. Rosas); NEIKER-Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Vizcaya, Spain (J.F. Barandika)
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Figure. Phylogeny of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) strains and the viruses detected in this study based on the analysis of complete sequences of amino acids (aa) and nucleotides (nt) of glycoprotein (GPC) and nucleocapsid protein (NP) genes. A) GPC nt; B) GPC aa; C) NP nt; D) NP aa. Each sequence used shows the name of LCMV strain followed by GenBank accession number. Numbers indicate >80% bootstrap values. Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site. IPPIV, Ippy virus; LASV, Lassa virus; MOBV, Mobala virus; MOPV; Mopeia virus.
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