TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (family Arenaviridae) naturally associated with the white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) in the southwestern United States
AU - Milazzo, Mary Louise
AU - Cajimat, Maria N.B.
AU - Haynie, Michelle L.
AU - Abbott, Ken D.
AU - Bradley, Robert D.
AU - Fulhorst, Charles F.
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - Bayesian analyses of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated that arenaviruses naturally associated with white-throated woodrats in central Arizona are phylogenetically closely related to the Whitewater Arroyo virus prototype strain AV 9310135, which originally was isolated from a white-throated woodrat captured in northwestern New Mexico. Pairwise comparisons of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequences revealed extensive diversity among arenaviruses isolated from white-throated woodrats captured in different counties in central Arizona and extensive diversity between these viruses and Whitewater Arroyo virus strain AV 9310135. It was concluded that the viruses isolated from the white-throated woodrats captured in Arizona represent 2 novel species (Big Brushy Tank virus and Tonto Creek virus) and that these species should be included with Whitewater Arroyo virus in a species complex within the Tacaribe serocomplex (family Arenaviridae, genus Arenavirus).
AB - Bayesian analyses of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein gene sequences indicated that arenaviruses naturally associated with white-throated woodrats in central Arizona are phylogenetically closely related to the Whitewater Arroyo virus prototype strain AV 9310135, which originally was isolated from a white-throated woodrat captured in northwestern New Mexico. Pairwise comparisons of glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein amino acid sequences revealed extensive diversity among arenaviruses isolated from white-throated woodrats captured in different counties in central Arizona and extensive diversity between these viruses and Whitewater Arroyo virus strain AV 9310135. It was concluded that the viruses isolated from the white-throated woodrats captured in Arizona represent 2 novel species (Big Brushy Tank virus and Tonto Creek virus) and that these species should be included with Whitewater Arroyo virus in a species complex within the Tacaribe serocomplex (family Arenaviridae, genus Arenavirus).
KW - Arenaviridae
KW - Arenavirus
KW - Big Brushy Tank virus
KW - Tacaribe serocomplex
KW - Tonto Creek virus
KW - Whitewater Arroyo virus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50849117037&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/vbz.2007.0239
DO - 10.1089/vbz.2007.0239
M3 - Article
C2 - 18454597
AN - SCOPUS:50849117037
SN - 1530-3667
VL - 8
SP - 523
EP - 540
JO - Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
JF - Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
IS - 4
ER -