title: Genetic identification of a novel hantavirus of the harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis.
abstract: We have cloned the S genomic segment of a novel hantavirus of the harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis. The virus is phylogenetically distinct from other hantaviruses. The new hantavirus was identified in harvest mice separated by approximately 1,000 km. A wood rat (Neotoma mexicana) was found to be infected with the harvest mouse hantavirus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hjelle
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chavez-Giles
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Torrez-Martinez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sarisky
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ascher
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001483:Base Sequence; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral