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Work in Brazil was partially supported by CNPq grants 302987/2008? 8, 302584/2015?3 (MRTN), 306581/2016?7 (DBAM) and 303999/ 2016?0 (PFCV), and the Instituto Evandro Chagas/Brazilian Ministry of Health. JAL was supported by the Instituto Nacional de Ci^encias e tecnologia para febres hemorragicas virais (465481/2014 ?0). Work in the USA was funded in part by grant R24 AI 120942 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Institute of Human Infection and Immunity. Department of Pathology. Galveston, TX, USA.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Institute of Human Infection and Immunity. Department of Pathology. Galveston, TX, USA.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro de Inova??es Tecnol?gicas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Institute of Human Infection and Immunity. Department of Pathology. Galveston, TX, USA.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Institute of Human Infection and Immunity. Department of Pathology. Galveston, TX, USA.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Institute of Human Infection and Immunity. Department of Pathology. Galveston, TX, USA.
University of Texas Medical Branch. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Galveston, TX, USA.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Centro de Inova??es Tecnol?gicas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, PA, Brasil.
Triniti virus (TNTV) has been isolated in Trinidad and Tobago and in Brazil. To date little is known about this virus, which is classified as an ungrouped virus within the family Togaviridae. Here, three isolates of TNTV were characterized both genetically and antigenically. The genome was shown to contain three RNA segments: small (S), medium (M) and large (L). Genome organization, protein sizes and protein motifs were similar to those of viruses in the genus Orthobunyavirus, family Peribunyaviridae. Antigenic reactivity revealed the three TNTV isolates to be closely related, but no serologic cross-reaction with other orthobunyaviruses. Morphological observation by transmission electron microscopy indicated that virus size and symmetry were compatible with those of viruses in the family Peribunyaviridae. Our serological, morphological and molecular results support the taxonomic reclassification of TNTV as a member of the genus Orthobunyavirus, family Peribunyaviridae.
