BAYOU VIRUS-ASSOCIATED HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME IN EASTERN TEXAS- IDENTIFICATION OF THE RICE RAT, ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS, AS RESERVOIR HOST

Authors
TORREZMARTINEZ N BHARADWAJ M GOADE D DELURY J MORAN P HICKS B NIX B DAVIS JL HJELLE B
Citation
N. Torrezmartinez et al., BAYOU VIRUS-ASSOCIATED HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME IN EASTERN TEXAS- IDENTIFICATION OF THE RICE RAT, ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS, AS RESERVOIR HOST, EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 4(1), 1998, pp. 105-111
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES → ACNP
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
105 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We describe the third known case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS ) due to Bayou virus, from Jefferson County, Texas. By using molecular epidemiologic methods, we show that rice rats (Oryzomys palustris) ar e frequently infected with Bayou virus and that viral RNA sequences fr om HPS patients are similar to those from nearby rice rats. Bayou viru s is associated with O. palustris; this rodent appears to be its predo minant reservoir host.