Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 50-59Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1073
Keywords
Arenavirus; Arenaviridae; Catarina virus; Neotoma micropus; Southern plains woodrat; Tacaribe serocomplex
Funding
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [AI-41435]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI041435] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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A total of 3941 rodents were captured during a 46-month prospective (mark-recapture) study on the ecology of Catarina virus in southern Texas. Antibody reactive against Catarina virus was found in 73 (11.9%) of 611 southern plains woodrats (Neotoma micropus) and none of 3330 other rodents; strains of Catarina virus were isolated from 6 antibody-negative and 9 antibody-positive southern plains woodrats; and the infections in at least 3 southern plains woodrats were chronic. These results affirm the notion that the southern plains woodrat is the principal host of Catarina virus and suggest that Catarina virus infection is highly specific to N. micropus.
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