A new Alpha virus isolated.

Travassos et al from the Arbovirus Laboratory, Chagas Institute, Brazil have reported the occurrence of a Trocara virus, a newly recognized member of the genus Alphavirus. The virus which has been isolated from Aedes serratus mosquitoes was collected at two widely separated sites in the Amazon Basin. It appears that Trocara virus is the first member of a newly discovered antigenic complex within the family Togaviridae genus Alphavirus. Interested readers may write to Travassos et al for further details.

Reference for further reading:
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2001 Jan-Feb;64(1-2):93-7. Trocara virus: a newly recognized Alphavirus (Togaviridae) isolated from mosquitoes in the Amazon Basin. Travassos da Rosa AP, Turell MJ, Watts DM, Powers AM, Vasconcelos PF, Jones JW, Klein TA, Dohm DJ, Shope RE, Degallier N, Popov VL, Russell KL, Weaver SC, Guzman H, Calampa C, Brault AC, Lemon AP, Tesh RB. Arbovirus Laboratory, Evandro Chagas Institute, Belem, Para, Brazil.