@article{fdi:010062249, title = {{S}hort {R}eport : {M}aripa hantavirus in {F}rench {G}uiana : phylogenetic position and predicted spatial distribution of rodent hosts}, author = {de {T}hoisy, {B}. and {M}atheus, {S}. and {C}atzeflis, {F}. and {C}lement, {L}. and {B}arrioz, {S}. and {G}uidez, {A}. and {D}onato, {D}. and {C}ornu, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {B}runaux, {O}. and {G}uitet, {S}. and {L}acoste, {V}. and {L}avergne, {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} molecular screening of wild-caught rodents was conducted in {F}rench {G}uiana, {S}outh {A}merica to identify hosts of the hantavirus {M}aripa described in 2008 in a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome ({HPS}) case. {O}ver a 9-year period, 418 echimyids and murids were captured. {V}iral {RNA} was detected in two sigmodontine rodents, {O}ligoryzomys fulvescens and {Z}ygodontomys brevicauda, trapped close to the house of a second {HPS} case that occurred in 2009 and an {O}. fulvescens close to the fourth {HPS} case identified in 2013. {S}equences from the rodents had 96% and 97% nucleotide identity (fragment of {S} and {M} segments, respectively) with the sequence of the first human {HPS} case. {P}hylogenetic reconstructions based on the complete sequence of the {S} segment show that {M}aripa virus is closely related to {R}io {M}amore hantavirus. {U}sing environmental descriptors of trapping sites, including vegetation, landscape units, rain, and human disturbance, a maximal entropy-based species distribution model allowed for identification of areas of higher predicted occurrence of the two rodents, where emergence risks of {M}aripa virus are expected to be higher.}, keywords = {{GUYANE} {FRANCAISE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene}, volume = {90}, numero = {6}, pages = {988--992}, ISSN = {0002-9637}, year = {2014}, DOI = {10.4269/ajtmh.13-0257}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010062249}, }