A new phlebovirus variant was isolated from an acute febrile patient in Chanchamayo, Peru. Genome characterization and p-distance analyses based on complete open reading frames revealed that the virus is probably a natural reassortant of the Echarate virus (large and small segments) with a yet-unidentified phlebovirus (M segment).
Keywords: Candiru complex; Chanchamayo; Echarate; Peru; fever; next-generation sequencing; phlebovirus; vector-borne infections; viruses.