title: Ecology of Catarina virus (family Arenaviridae) in southern Texas, 2001-2004.
abstract: A total of 3941 rodents were captured during a 46-month prospective (mark-recapture) study on the ecology of Catarina virus in southern Texas. Antibody reactive against Catarina virus was found in 73 (11.9%) of 611 southern plains woodrats (Neotoma micropus) and none of 3330 other rodents; strains of Catarina virus were isolated from 6 antibody-negative and 9 antibody-positive southern plains woodrats; and the infections in at least 3 southern plains woodrats were chronic. These results affirm the notion that the southern plains woodrat is the principal host of Catarina virus and suggest that Catarina virus infection is highly specific to N. micropus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
authors.forename: Mary L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Milazzo
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Amman
authors.forename: Maria N B
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Cajimat
authors.forename: Francisca M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Méndez-Harclerode
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Suchecki
authors.forename: J Delton
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Haynie
authors.forename: B Dnate'
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: Ciro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milazzo
authors.forename: Serena A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Darin S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ruthven
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Fulhorst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001117:Arenaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006477:Arenaviruses, New World / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D004463:Ecology; D058507:Host Specificity; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011891:Rain; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D012377:Rodentia; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000821:virology*; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G