First Evidence of Akodon-Borne Orthohantavirus in Northeastern Argentina

• Published in: EcoHealth
• Main Authors: Burgos, Eliana Florencia, Vadell, María Victoria, Bellomo, Carla María, Martinez, Valeria Paula, Salomón, Oscar Daniel, Gomez Villafañe, Isabel Elisa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; NATIONAL PARKS; RODENTS; SIGMODONTINAE; ZOONOSES; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Misiones; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/181083

Orthohantaviruses (genus Orthohantavirus, family Hantaviridae) are the etiologic agents of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in the Americas. In South America, orthohantaviruses are highly diverse and are hosted by sigmodontine rodents (subfamiliy Sigmodontinae, family Cricetidae), an also diverse group...