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Volume 17, Number 8—August 2011
Research

Novel Arenavirus Infection in Humans, United States

Mary Louise Milazzo, Grant L. Campbell, and Charles F. FulhorstComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (M.L. Milazzo, C.F. Fulhorst); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (G.L. Campbell)

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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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