Genetic evidence for a tacaribe serocomplex virus, Mexico.
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.
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Catherine C
CC
Inizan
Maria N B
MN
Cajimat
Mary Louise
ML
Milazzo
Artemio
A
Barragán-Gomez
Robert D
RD
Bradley
Charles F
CF
Fulhorst
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006477:Arenaviruses, New World / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D012377:Rodentia; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral