Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Research
Novel Arenavirus Infection in Humans, United States
Table 1
Natural hosts and geographic distribution of the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses
Virus | Natural host(s) | Location | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Bear Canyon | Large-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis), California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) | California, USA | (1) |
Big Brushy Tank | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | Arizona, USA | (2) |
Catarina | Southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) | Texas, USA | (3) |
Rio Catorce | White-toothed woodrat (N. leucodon) | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | (4) |
Skinner Tank | Mexican woodrat (N. mexicana) | Arizona, USA | (5) |
Tamiami | Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) | Florida, USA | (6,7) |
Tonto Creek | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | Arizona, USA | (2) |
Whitewater Arroyo | White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) | New Mexico, USA | (8) |
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