Ocozocoautla de Espinosa Virus and Hemorrhagic Fever, Mexico

Ocozocoautla de Espinosa Virus and Hemorrhagic Fever, Mexico

Arenavirus RNA was isolated from Mexican deer mice (Peromyscus mexicanus) captured near the site of a 1967 epidemic of hemorrhagic fever in southern Mexico. Analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that the deer mice were infected with a novel Tacaribe serocomplex virus (propose...

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Main Authors: Maria N.B. Cajimat, Mary Louise Milazzo, Robert D. Bradley, Charles F. Fulhorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Arenaviridae
arenavirus
Tacaribe serocomplex
hemorrhagic fever
viruses
Mexico
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/11-1602_article
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Summary:Arenavirus RNA was isolated from Mexican deer mice (Peromyscus mexicanus) captured near the site of a 1967 epidemic of hemorrhagic fever in southern Mexico. Analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that the deer mice were infected with a novel Tacaribe serocomplex virus (proposed name Ocozocoautla de Espinosa virus), which is phylogenetically closely related to Tacaribe serocomplex viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever in humans in South America.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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