Oropouche Virus Isolation, Southeast Brazil

摘要

An Oropouche virus strain was isolated from a novelhost (Callithrix sp.) in Arinos, Minas Gerais State, south-eastern Brazil. The virus was identified by complement fix-ation test and confirmed by reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction. Phylogenetic analysis identifiedthis strain as a genotype III isolate previously recognizedonly in Panama