Genetic Characterization of Seoul Virus in the Seaport of Cotonou, Benin

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Castel, Guillaume | Kant, Ravi | Badou, Sylvestre | Etougbétché, Jonas | Dossou, Henri-Joël | Gauthier, Philippe | Houéménou, Gualbert | Smura, Teemu | Sironen, Tarja | Dobigny, Gauthier

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Field and laboratory work was conducted under the research agreement between the Republic of Benin and the French Institute of Research for Sustainable Development (September 30, 2010) and the Scientific and Technical Cooperation Agreement (July 3, 2019) between the University of Abomey-Calavi and the Institut de Recherche et de Développement. The collection and use of tissue samples (spleen, lung, kidney, brain, dried blood spots) and genetic data was authorized under the Access and Benefit Sharing, Nagoya protocol (permit no. 608/DGEFC/DCPRNF/PF-APA/SA) (December 2019).. International audience. Seoul virus is a zoonotic pathogen carried by the brown rat Rattus norvegicus. Information on its circulation in Africa is limited. In this study, the virus was detected in 37.5% of brown rats captured in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Benin. Phylogenetic analyses place this virus in Seoul virus lineage 7.

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