Volume 16, Number 6—June 2010
Dispatch
Genetic Evidence for a Tacaribe Serocomplex Virus, Mexico
Catherine C. Inizan, Maria N. B. Cajimat, Mary Louise Milazzo, Artemio Barragán-Gomez, Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst
Table 1
Natural hosts and geographic distribution of the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses
| Virus* | Natural host(s) | State |
|---|---|---|
| Bear Canyon | Large-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis), California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) | California (1,2) |
| Big Brushy Tank | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | Arizona (3) |
| Catarina | Southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) | Texas (4) |
| Skinner Tank | Mexican woodrat (N. mexicana) | Arizona (5) |
| Tamiami | Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) | Florida (6) |
| Tonto Creek | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | Arizona (3) |
| Whitewater Arroyo | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | New Mexico (7) |
*Arenaviruses antigenically and phylogenetically related to Whitewater Arroyo virus have been isolated from Mexican woodrats (N. mexicana) captured in New Mexico, a Mexican woodrat and bushy-tailed woodrat (N. cinerea) captured in Utah, and woodrats (Neotoma spp.) captured in Oklahoma (8).
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