| prevalence and geographic genetic variation of hantaviruses of new world harvest mice (reithrodontomys): identification of a divergent genotype from a costa rican reithrodontomys mexicanus. | we recently described a novel hantavirus (hmv-1) of the western harvest mouse reithrodontomys megalotis. screening of 181 additional specimens of reithrodontomys from the united states and mexico, including samples of r. mexicanus, r. sumichrasti, and r. gracilis of costa rica, for antibodies to hantavirus nucleocapsid protein revealed a widespread enzootic of hantavirus infection. genetic analyses of 7 s genomes of reithrodontomys-associated hantaviruses demonstrated that the enzootic of hmv-1 ... | 1995 | 7886948 |
| serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in panama, 2000-2002. | five hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in panama between february 2000 and july 2002. the samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. the serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in panama: costa rican pygmy rice rat (oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 test ... | 2004 | 15137495 |
| genetic diversity of hantaviruses in mexico: identification of three novel hantaviruses from neotominae rodents. | a variety of hantaviruses are harbored by rodents in north and south america, some of which can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. to obtain greater evolutionary insight into hantaviruses in the americas, a total of 211 rodents were captured in the mexican states of guerrero and morelos in 2006. anti-hantavirus antibodies were detected in 27 of 211 serum samples (12.8%) by elisa. the distribution of seropositive rodents was: 17 peromyscus beatae, 1 megadontomys thomasi, 1 neotoma picta, 6 reit ... | 2011 | 22138671 |