Arenaviruses Detected in Boid Snakes Updated Phylogenetic Analysis of

ith great interest we read the manuscript entitled “Isolation,Identification, and Characterization of Novel Arenaviruses,the Etiological Agent of Boid Inclusion Body Disease” by Hetzeland colleagues (1). This very well performed and comprehensivestudy about the role of divergent arenaviruses in inclusion bodydisease (IBD) of boid snakes clearly shows a causal relationshipbetween arenaviruses (Avs) and IBD