Highly Diverse Arenaviruses in Neotropical Bats, Brazil

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We detected arenavirus RNA in 1.6% of 1,047 bats in Brazil that were sampled during 2007–2011. We identified Tacaribe virus in 2 Artibeus sp. bats and a new arenavirus species in Carollia perspicillata bats that we named Tietê mammarenavirus. Our results suggest that bats are an underrecognized arenavirus reservoir.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 28, n. 12, p. 2528-2533, 2022.