Geographical range of Rio Mamoré virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) in association with the small-eared pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis).
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.
Richter
Martin H
MH
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Hanson
John Delton
JD
Cajimat
Maria N
MN
Milazzo
Mary Louise
ML
Fulhorst
Charles F
CF
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
D036022:Capsid Proteins; D014758:Viral Core Proteins