Diverse Beta- and Gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical Rodents from Costa Rica

Jesús Sotomayor-Bonilla; Andrés Moreira-Soto; Daniel Mendizabal; Mariano Soley-Guardia; José Daniel Ramírez-Fernández; David Villalobos-Chaves; Carmen Niehaus; Gustavo Gutiérrez-Espeleta; Oscar Rico-Chávez; Janet Foley; Gerardo Suzán; Andrea Chaves-Friedlander

doi:10.7589/2018-05-117

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9 July 2019 Diverse Beta- and Gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical Rodents from Costa Rica

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 55(3):663-667 (2019). https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-117

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Neotropical wild rodents from Costa Rica were analyzed for the presence of herpesviruses (order Herpesvirales, family Herpesviridae). Using a broadly generic PCR, herpesvirus sequences were detected in 5% (8/160) of liver and heart samples: seven putative gammaherpesviruses in samples from Talamancan oryzomys (Nephelomys devius), sprightly colilargo (Oligoryzomys vegetus), Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus nudipes), and Chiriqui harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys creper) and one putative betaherpesvirus in long-tailed singing mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus). Results from this study could guide ecological investigations targeting the prevalence and host associations of herpesviruses in wild rodents from Costa Rica.

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Jesús Sotomayor-Bonilla, Andrés Moreira-Soto, Daniel Mendizabal, Mariano Soley-Guardia, José Daniel Ramírez-Fernández, David Villalobos-Chaves, Carmen Niehaus, Gustavo Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Oscar Rico-Chávez, Janet Foley, Gerardo Suzán, and Andrea Chaves-Friedlander "Diverse Beta- and Gammaherpesviruses in Neotropical Rodents from Costa Rica," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 55(3), 663-667, (9 July 2019). https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-05-117

Received: 7 May 2018; Accepted: 9 November 2018; Published: 9 July 2019

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