AJTMH Tropical Medicine and Hygiene News
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 61(2), 1999, pp. 325-330
Copyright © 1999 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fulhorst, C.
Right arrow Articles by Tesh, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Fulhorst, C.
Right arrow Articles by Tesh, R.
Related Collections
Right arrow Arenaviruses
Right arrow Epidemiology
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 61, Issue 2, 325-330
Copyright © 1999 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Research Articles


Natural rodent host associations of Guanarito and pirital viruses (Family Arenaviridae) in central Venezuela

CF Fulhorst, MD Bowen, RA Salas, G Duno, A Utrera, TG Ksiazek, NM De Manzione, E De Miller, C Vasquez, CJ Peters, and RB Tesh

The objective of this study was to elucidate the natural rodent host relationships of Guanarito and Pirital viruses (family Arenaviridae) in the plains of central Venezuela. Ninety-two arenavirus isolates from 607 animals, representing 10 different rodent species, were characterized to the level of serotype. The 92 isolates comprised 19 Guanarito virus strains and 73 Pirital virus strains. The 19 Guanarito virus isolates were from Zygodontomys brevicauda; 72 (98.6%) of the 73 Pirital virus isolates were from Sigmodon alstoni. These results indicate that the natural rodent associations of these 2 sympatric arenaviruses are highly specific and that Z brevicauda and S. alstoni are the principal rodent hosts of Guanarito and Pirital viruses, respectively.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USAHome page
S. R. Radoshitzky, J. H. Kuhn, C. F. Spiropoulou, C. G. Albarino, D. P. Nguyen, J. Salazar-Bravo, T. Dorfman, A. S. Lee, E. Wang, S. R. Ross, et al.
Receptor determinants of zoonotic transmission of New World hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses
PNAS, February 19, 2008; 105(7): 2664 - 2669.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Am J Trop Med HygHome page
M. N. B. Cajimat, M. L. Milazzo, R. D. Bradley, and C. F. Fulhorst
Catarina Virus, an Arenaviral Species Principally Associated with Neotoma micropus (Southern Plains Woodrat) in Texas
Am J Trop Med Hyg, October 1, 2007; 77(4): 732 - 736.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Virol.Home page
M. D. Bowen, P. E. Rollin, T. G. Ksiazek, H. L. Hustad, D. G. Bausch, A. H. Demby, M. D. Bajani, C. J. Peters, and S. T. Nichol
Genetic Diversity among Lassa Virus Strains
J. Virol., August 1, 2000; 74(15): 6992 - 7004.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1999 by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.