Publications

bear canyon virus: an arenavirus naturally associated with the california mouse (peromyscus californicus).	thirty-four rodents captured in southern california were studied to increase our knowledge of the arenaviruses indigenous to the western united states. an infectious arenavirus was isolated from 5 of 27 california mice but none of the 7 other rodents. analyses of viral nucleocapsid protein gene sequence data indicated that the isolates from the california mice are strains of a novel tacaribe serocomplex virus (proposed name "bear canyon") that is phylogenetically most closely related to whitewat ...	2002	12095441
epizootiology of tacaribe serocomplex viruses (arenaviridae) associated with neotomine rodents (cricetidae, neotominae) in southern california.	the objective of this study was to advance our knowledge of the epizootiology of bear canyon virus and other tacaribe serocomplex viruses (arenaviridae) associated with wild rodents in california. antibody (immunoglobulin g [igg]) to a tacaribe serocomplex virus was found in 145 (3.6%) of 3977 neotomine rodents (cricetidae: neotominae) captured in six counties in southern california. the majority (122 or 84.1%) of the 145 antibody-positive rodents were big-eared woodrats (neotoma macrotis) or ca ...	2015	25700047