Mapuera virus

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We also see fruit bats down in Brazil, for example, and Mapuera virus is another virus isolated inBrazil from fruit bats back in the 1970s, which belongs to the same group of viruses.
In addition to three recognised viruses, namely Fer-de-Lance virus of reptiles (FDLV), the chiropteran Mapuera virus (MPRV), and the rodent Nariva virus (NARV), several viruses from penguins are known which are distinct from avian paramyxoviruses 1-9.
Characterization of Mapuera virus: structure, proteins and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the nucleocapsid protein.
The first published example was the isolation of Mapuera virus from the salivary glands of a fruit bat, Sturnira lilium, captured in the tropical rainforest of Brazil in 1979.
GW Henderson, C Laird, E Dermott, and BK Rima Characterization of Mapuera virus: structure, proteins and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the nucleocapsid protein J Gen Virol 1995 76: 2509-2518.
CSIRO scientists have now completed deciphering the genetic code of 2 viruses, one [Mapuera virus] found in a Brazilian bat in 1979, and another [porcine rubulavirus, formerly known as La Piedad-Michoacan-mexico virus] that caused a brain disease in Mexican pigs in 1984.

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