title: Geographical range of Rio Mamoré virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) in association with the small-eared pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis).
abstract: Hantavirus HTN.007 was originally isolated from a small-eared pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis) captured in northeastern Peru. The results of analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data in this study indicated that HTN.007 is a strain of Rio Mamoré virus (RIOMV) which is enzootic in small-eared pygmy rice rat populations in Bolivia. As such, the results of this study extend our knowledge of the geographical range of RIOMV and support the notion that the small-eared pygmy rice rat is the principal host of RIOMV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
authors.forename: Martin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: John Delton
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Maria N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cajimat
authors.forename: Mary Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Milazzo
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fulhorst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000821:virology*; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D036022:Capsid Proteins; D014758:Viral Core Proteins