Isolation, Genetic Diversity, and Geographic Distribution of Bayou Virus (Bunyaviridae:Hantavirus)

Thomas G. Ksiazek Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Stuart T. Nichol Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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James N. Mills Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Michael G. Groves Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Arthur Wozniak Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Steve McAdams Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Martha C. Monroe Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Angela M. Johnson Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Mary Lane Martin Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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C. J. Peters Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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Pierre E. Rollin Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Bureau of Laboratories, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.445
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Volume 57: Issue 4
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445–448
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Bayou hantavirus, previously implicated in human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Louisiana, was isolated from a rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) captured in Georgia. The presence of antibody among rice rats captured throughout the southeastern United States and the extent of diversity among the genetic variants of Bayou viruses suggest that the rice rat is the most likely natural reservoir of the virus and that both virus and host have probably co-evolved for some years.

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Copyright © 1997 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1997
Published Online:
Oct 1997
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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