Publications

catarina virus, an arenaviral species principally associated with neotoma micropus (southern plains woodrat) in texas.	the purpose of this study was to define the taxonomic relationship of an arenavirus principally associated with the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) in southern texas to other new world arenaviruses. the results of independent analyses of glycoprotein precursor amino acid sequences and nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequences indicated that the arenavirus in southern texas is novel (proposed species name catarina virus) and phylogenetically most closely related to whitewater arroyo vi ...	2007	17978080
ecology of catarina virus (family arenaviridae) in southern texas, 2001-2004.	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 t ...	2012	23210637
diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family arenaviridae) associated with the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus).	the southern plains woodrat (neotoma micropus) is the principal host of catarina virus in southern texas and a natural host of other north american tacaribe serocomplex viruses. the objectives of this study were to increase our knowledge of the genetic diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with n. micropus and to define better the natural host relationships of these viruses. pairwise comparisons of complete glycoprotein precursor gene sequences and complete nucleocapsid protein ...	2013	24161346