Abstract
We isolated arenavirus RNA from white-toothed woodrats (Neotoma leucodon) captured in a region of Mexico in which woodrats are food for humans. Analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that the woodrats were infected with a novel Tacaribe serocomplex virus, proposed name Real de Catorce virus.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / analysis
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Arenaviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Arenaviridae Infections / immunology
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Arenaviridae Infections / veterinary*
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Arenaviridae Infections / virology
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Arenaviruses, New World* / genetics
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Arenaviruses, New World* / isolation & purification
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Genome, Viral
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Kidney / immunology
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Kidney / virology
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Mexico / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Viral / genetics
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RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
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Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
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Rodent Diseases / immunology
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Rodent Diseases / virology*
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Rodentia
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Sequence Analysis, RNA
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Spleen / immunology
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Spleen / virology
Substances
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Antibodies, Viral
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RNA, Viral