Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999
Research
Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Peromyscus-Borne Hantaviruses in North America
Table 1
Virusa | Diseaseb | Known or suspected host | Location | Virus isolate |
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Sigmodontinae associated | ||||
Sin Nombre | HPS | Peromyscus maniculatus (grassland form) | West & Central U.S.and Canada | Y |
Monongahela | HPS | P. maniculatus (forest form) | Eastern U.S. and Canada | N |
New York | HPS | P. leucopus (eastern haplotype) | Eastern U.S. | Y |
Blue River | P. leucopus (SW/NW haplotypes) | Central U.S. | N | |
Bayou | HPS | Oryzomys palustris | Southwestern U.S. | Y |
Black Creek Canal | HPS | Sigmodon hispidus (eastern form) | Florida | Y |
Muleshoe | S. hispidus (western form) | Southern U.S. | N | |
Caño Delgadito | S. alstoni | Venezuela | Y | |
Andes | HPS | Oligoryzomys longicaudatus | Argentina and Chile | Y |
Oran | HPS | O. longicaudatus | Northwestern Argentina | N |
Lechiguanas | HPS | O. flavescens | Central Argentina | N |
Bermejo | O. chacoensis | Northwestern Argentina | N | |
Hu39694 | HPS | Unknown | Central ArgentinaN | |
Pergamino | Akadon azarae | Central Argentina | N | |
Maciel | Bolomys obscurus | Central Argentina | N | |
Laguna Negra | HPS | Calomys laucha | Paraguay and Bolivia | Y |
Juquitiba | HPS | Unknown | Brazil | N |
Rio Mamore | O. microtis | Bolivia and Peru | Y | |
El Moro Canyon | Reithrodontomys megalotis | Western U.S. and Mexico | N | |
Rio Segundo | R. mexicanus | Costa Rica | N | |
Arvicolinae associated | ||||
Prospect Hill | Microtus pennsylvanicus | N. America | Y | |
Bloodland Lake | M. ochrogaster | N. America | N | |
Prospect Hill-like | M. pennsyl./montanus/ochrogaster | N. America | N | |
Isla Vista | M. californicus | Western U.S. and Mexico | N | |
Murinae associated | ||||
Seoul | HFRS | Rattus norvegicus | Worldwide | Y |
aMajor virus types or species are in bold and indented below the rodent subfamilies with which they are associated; related genetically distinct virus lineages that may represent additional species or subspecies are indented below virus types and species.
bHPS = hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; HFRS = hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
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