Abstract
Hantavirus HTN.007 was originally isolated from a small-eared pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis) captured in northeastern Peru. The results of analyses of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data in this study indicated that HTN.007 is a strain of Rio Mamoré virus (RIOMV) which is enzootic in small-eared pygmy rice rat populations in Bolivia. As such, the results of this study extend our knowledge of the geographical range of RIOMV and support the notion that the small-eared pygmy rice rat is the principal host of RIOMV.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Capsid Proteins / genetics
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Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
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Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology
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Hantavirus Infections / veterinary
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Hantavirus Infections / virology
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Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Orthohantavirus / classification*
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Orthohantavirus / physiology*
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Peru / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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Phylogeography
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Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
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Rodent Diseases / virology
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Sigmodontinae / virology*
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Viral Core Proteins / genetics
Substances
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Capsid Proteins
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Viral Core Proteins