| isolation and characterization of whitewater arroyo virus, a novel north american arenavirus. | rodents are principal hosts for each of the well-characterized arenaviruses. prior to the present study, tamiami (tam) virus was the sole arenavirus known to be indigenous to north america; it has been isolated only from southern florida where its primary host is the cotton rat sigmodon hispidus. recently, arenavirus antibody was found in neotoma albigula woodrats collected from the southwestern united states. the purpose of the present study was to isolate and characterize the arenavirus associ ... | 1996 | 8862405 |
| zoonotic aspects of arenavirus infections. | to date, the international committee for taxonomy of viruses recognizes that the family arenaviridae contains a unique genus arenavirus that includes 22 viral species. there are nine additional arenaviruses that either have been discovered recently, or which taxonomic status remains pending. arenaviruses have been classified according to their antigenic properties into two groups, the lassa-lymphocytic choriomeningitis (lcm) serocomplex and the tacaribe serocomplex which has been further divided ... | 2010 | 19748747 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |