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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2017

Almendravirus: A Proposed New Genus of Rhabdoviruses Isolated from Mosquitoes in Tropical Regions of the Americas.

Maria Angelica Contreras, Gillian Eastwood, Hilda Guzman, Vsevolod Popov, Chelsea Savit, Sandra Uribe, Laura D Kramer, Thomas G Wood, Steven G Widen, Durland Fish and 3 more

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Angelica ContrerasPrograma de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales (PECET), Sede de Investigacion Universitaria (SIU), Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia.
Gillian EastwoodGriffin Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.
Hilda GuzmanDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Vsevolod PopovDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Chelsea SavitDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Sandra UribeGrupo de Investigacion en Sistematica Molecular (GSM), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia.
Laura D KramerGriffin Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York.
Thomas G WoodDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Steven G WidenDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Durland FishYale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
Robert B TeshDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas.
Nikos VasilakisDepartment of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Center for Tropical Diseases, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. peter.walker@uq.edu.au nivasila@utmb.edu.
Peter J WalkerCSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Australia. peter.walker@uq.edu.au nivasila@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USUniversity of Queensland · AUYale New Haven Health System · USYale University · US

Funding

World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses (WRCEVA)R24AI120942 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI WEAVER, SCOTT C · 2016 to 2024
$8.5M
NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201000040INIAID NIH HHS R24 AI120942
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Rhabdoviridae is a diverse family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses, many of which infect vertebrate hosts and are transmitted by hematophagous arthropods. Others appear to be arthropod specific, circulating only within arthropod populations. Herein, we report the isolation and characterization of three novel viruses from mosquitoes collected from the Americas. Coot Bay virus was isolated from Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes collected in the Everglades National Park, Florida; Rio Chico virus was isolated from Anopheles triannulatus mosquitoes collected in Panama; and Balsa virus was isolated from two pools of Culex erraticus mosquitoes collected in Colombia. Sequence analysis indicated that the viruses share a similar genome organization to Arboretum virus and Puerto Almendras virus that had previously been isolated from mosquitoes collected in Peru. Each genome features the five canonical rhabdovirus structural protein genes as well as a gene encoding a class 1A viroporin-like protein (U1) located between the G and L genes (3'-N-P-M-G-U1-L-5'). Phylogenetic analysis of complete L protein sequences indicated that all five viruses cluster in a unique clade that is relatively deeply rooted in the ancestry of animal rhabdoviruses. The failure of all viruses in this clade to grow in newborn mice or vertebrate cells in culture suggests that they may be poorly adapted to replication in vertebrates.

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Animal DistributionTropical ClimateAmericasAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAnimals, SucklingClassificationCulicidaeGene Expression Regulation, ViralGenome, ViralMicePhylogenyRhabdoviridaeViral ProteinsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27799634
PMCPMC5239673
OpenAlexW2546352571

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