| 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 |
| the prevalence of trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of chagas disease, in texas rodent populations. | rodent species were assessed as potential hosts of trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of chagas disease, from five sites throughout texas in sylvan and disturbed habitats. a total of 592 rodents were captured, resulting in a wide taxonomic representation of 11 genera and 15 species. heart samples of 543 individuals were successfully analyzed by sybrgreen-based quantitative pcr (qpcr) targeting a 166 bp fragment of satellite dna of t. cruzi. eight rodents representing six species from six gen ... | 2017 | 28091763 |