TY - JOUR AU - Milazzo, Mary Louise AU - Campbell, Grant L. AU - Fulhorst, Charles F. T1 - Novel Arenavirus Infection in Humans, United States T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 8 SP - 1417 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Immunoglobulin G against Whitewater Arroyo virus or lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus was found in 41 (3.5%) of 1,185 persons in the United States who had acute central nervous system disease or undifferentiated febrile illnesses. The results of analyses of antibody titers in paired serum samples suggest that a North American Tacaribe serocomplex virus was the causative agent of the illnesses in 2 persons and that lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus was the causative agent of the illnesses in 3 other antibody-positive persons in this study. The results of this study suggest that Tacaribe serocomplex viruses native to North America, as well as lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, are causative agents of human disease in the United States. KW - Arenavirus KW - Bear Canyon virus KW - Tamiami virus KW - Whitewater Arroyo virus KW - lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus KW - viruses KW - United States KW - research DO - 10.3201/eid1708.110285 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/8/11-0285_article ER - End of Reference