Genetic evidence for a tacaribe serocomplex virus, Mexico.

Inizan, Catherine C; Cajimat, Maria N B; Milazzo, Mary Louise; Barragán-Gomez, Artemio; Bradley, Robert D; Fulhorst, Charles F

Inizan, Catherine C; Cajimat, Maria N B; Milazzo, Mary Louise; Barragán-Gomez, Artemio; Bradley, Robert D; Fulhorst, Charles F.

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Inizan CC; University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 16(6): 1007-10, 2010 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20507759

ABSTRACT

We isolated arenavirus RNA from white-toothed woodrats (Neotoma leucodon) captured in a region of Mexico in which woodrats are food for humans. Analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that the woodrats were infected with a novel Tacaribe serocomplex virus, proposed name Real de Catorce virus.

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Arenaviridae Infections/veterinary; Arenaviruses, New World; Rodent Diseases/virology; Animals; Antibodies, Viral/analysis; Arenaviridae Infections/epidemiology; Arenaviridae Infections/immunology; Arenaviridae Infections/virology; Arenaviruses, New World/genetics; Arenaviruses, New World/isolation & purification; Genome, Viral; Kidney/immunology; Kidney/virology; Mexico/epidemiology; Phylogeny; RNA, Viral/genetics; RNA, Viral/isolation & purification; Rodent Diseases/epidemiology; Rodent Diseases/immunology; Rodentia; Sequence Analysis, RNA; Spleen/immunology; Spleen/virology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rodent Diseases / Arenaviruses, New World / Arenaviridae Infections Limits: Animals Country/Region as subject: Mexico Language: En Journal: Emerg Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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