| 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 |
| principal host relationships and evolutionary history of the north american arenaviruses. | a previous study suggested that the genomes of the arenaviruses native to north america are a product of genetic recombination between new world arenaviruses with significantly different phylogenetic histories. the purpose of this study was to extend our knowledge of the principal host relationships and evolutionary history of the north american arenaviruses. the results of this study suggest that the large-eared woodrat (neotoma macrotis) is a principal host of bear canyon virus and that the pr ... | 2007 | 17624390 |
| 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 |