Antibodies to Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family Arenaviridae, genus Arenavirus) in cricetid rodents from New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
Blood samples from 4893 cricetid rodents were tested for antibody (immunoglobulin G) to Whitewater Arroyo virus and Amaparí virus to extend our knowledge of the natural host range and geographical distribution of Tacaribe serocomplex viruses in North America. Antibodies to arenaviruses were found in northern pygmy mice (Baiomys taylori), woodrats (Neotoma spp.), northern grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster), oryzomys (Oryzomys spp.), deermice (Megadontomys nelsoni and Peromyscus spp.), harvest mice (Reithrodontomys spp.), and cotton rats (Sigmodon spp.) captured in New Mexico, Texas, or Mexico. Comparison of endpoint antibody titers to Whitewater Arroyo virus and Amaparí virus in individual blood samples indicated that the Tacaribe complex viruses enzootic in Texas and Mexico are antigenically diverse.
Milazzo
Mary L
ML
Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Barragán-Gomez
Artemio
A
Hanson
John Delton
JD
Estrada-Franco
Jose G
JG
Arellano
Elizabeth
E
González-Cózatl
Francisco X
FX
Fernández-Salas
Ildefonso
I
Ramirez-Aguilar
Francisco
F
Rogers
Duke S
DS
Bradley
Robert D
RD
Fulhorst
Charles F
CF
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018050:Arenavirus / Q000276:immunology; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000097:blood; D008800:Mexico; D009516:New Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
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