ISOLATION, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND GEOGRAPHIC-DISTRIBUTION OF BAYOU VIRUS (BUNYAVIRIDAE, HANTAVIRUS)

Authors
KSIAZEK TG NICHOL ST MILLS JN GROVES MG WOZNIAK A MCADAMS S MONROE MC JOHNSON AM MARTIN ML PETERS CJ ROLLIN PE
Citation
Tg. Ksiazek et al., ISOLATION, GENETIC DIVERSITY, AND GEOGRAPHIC-DISTRIBUTION OF BAYOU VIRUS (BUNYAVIRIDAE, HANTAVIRUS), The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 57(4), 1997, pp. 445-448
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
445 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1997)57:4<445:IGDAGO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Bayou hantavirus, previously implicated in human hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Louisiana, was isolated from a rice rat (Oryzomys palustri s) captured in Georgia. The presence of antibody among rice rats captu red throughout the southeastern United States and the extent of divers ity among the genetic variants of Bayou viruses suggest that the rice rat is the most likely natural reservoir of the virus and that both vi rus and host have probably co-evolved for some years.