| geographic distribution and genetic diversity of whitewater arroyo virus in the southwestern united states. | the purpose of this study was to extend our knowledge of the geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the arenavirus(es) associated with neotoma species (woodrats) in the southwestern united states. infectious arenavirus was recovered from 14 (3.3%) of 425 woodrats. the virus-positive species included n. albigula in new mexico and oklahoma, n. cinerea in utah, n. mexicana in new mexico and utah, and n. micropus in texas. analyses of viral nucleocapsid protein gene sequence data indicated ... | 2001 | 11384516 |
| diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family arenaviridae) naturally associated with the white-throated woodrat (neotoma albigula) in the southwestern united states. | bayesian analyses of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated that arenaviruses naturally associated with white-throated woodrats in central arizona are phylogenetically closely related to the whitewater arroyo virus prototype strain av 9310135, which originally was isolated from a white-throated woodrat captured in northwestern new mexico. pairwise comparisons of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequences revealed extensive diversity amo ... | 2008 | 18454597 |
| 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.), harve ... | 2010 | 20795917 |
| diversity among tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family arenaviridae) naturally associated with the mexican woodrat (neotoma mexicana). | the results of analyses of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated that an arenavirus isolated from a mexican woodrat (neotoma mexicana) captured in arizona is a strain of a novel species (proposed name skinner tank virus) and that arenaviruses isolated from mexican woodrats captured in colorado, new mexico, and utah are strains of whitewater arroyo virus or species phylogenetically closely related to whitewater arroyo virus. pairwise comparisons of glycoprotein ... | 2008 | 18304671 |
| 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 |