title: Two new rhabdoviruses (Rhabdoviridae) isolated from birds during surveillance for arboviral encephalitis, northeastern United States.
abstract: Two novel rhabdoviruses were isolated from birds during surveillance for arboviral encephalitis in the northeastern United States. The first, designated Farmington virus, is a tentative new member of the Vesiculovirus genus. The second, designated Rhode Island virus, is unclassified antigenically, but its ultrastructure and size are more similar to those of some of the plant rhabdoviruses. Both viruses infect birds and mice, as well as monkey kidney cells in culture, but their importance for human health is unknown.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
authors.forename: Amelia P A
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Travassos da Rosa
authors.forename: Thomas N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Mather
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Chris A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Shope
authors.forename: Vsevolod L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Hilda
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: Lark
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.forename: Tais P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Tesh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D010856:Columbidae; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D003237:Connecticut; D004671:Encephalitis, Arbovirus / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect / Q000662:veterinary; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000662:veterinary; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012237:Rhode Island; D014709:Vero Cells
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral