| isolation and genetic characterization of a hantavirus (bunyaviridae: hantavirus) from a rodent, oligoryzomys microtis (muridae), collected in northeastern peru. | this paper describes the isolation and partial genetic characterization of a hantavirus from a pygmy rice rat, oligoryzomys microtis, collected within the urban area of iquitos, loreto department, peru. the virus, designated htn-007, exhibited the highest degree of genetic similarity to rio mamore virus, which was originally described from the same rodent species in eastern bolivia. comparison of small and medium segment nucleotide sequence data from htn-007 and rio mamore virus revealed 87% and ... | 1999 | 10432063 |