TY - JOUR AU - Ledesma, Juan AU - Fedele, Cesare Giovanni AU - Carro, Francisco AU - Lledó, Lourdes AU - Sánchez-Seco, María Paz AU - Tenorio, Antonio AU - Soriguer, Ramón Casimiro AU - Saz, José Vicente AU - Domínguez, Gerardo AU - Rosas, María Flora AU - Barandika, Jesús Félix AU - Gegúndez, María Isabel T1 - Independent Lineage of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Wood Mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2009 VL - 15 IS - 10 SP - 1677 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To clarify the presence of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) in Spain, we examined blood and tissue specimens from 866 small mammals. LCMV RNA was detected in 3 of 694 wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus). Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the strains constitute a new evolutionary lineage. LCMV antibodies were detected in 4 of 10 rodent species tested. KW - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus KW - arenavirus KW - rodents KW - Apodemus sylvaticus KW - Spain KW - viruses KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1510.090563 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/10/09-0563_article ER - End of Reference