Genetic evidence for a tacaribe serocomplex virus, Mexico.

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.

SUBMITTER: Inizan CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3086254 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature