Genetic identification of a novel hantavirus of the harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis.
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.
Hjelle
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Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
Chavez-Giles
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Torrez-Martinez
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Yates
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Sarisky
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Webb
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Ascher
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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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral