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Genetic diversity of hantaviruses in Mexico: identification of three novel hantaviruses from Neotominae rodents.
Virus research - 1 Feb 2012
Kariwa Hiroaki, Yoshida Haruka, Sánchez-Hernández Cornelio, Romero-Almaraz María de Lourdes, Almazán-Catalán José Alberto, Ramos Celso, Miyashita Daisuke, Seto Takahiro, Takano Ayako, Totani Masashi, Murata Ryo, Saasa Ngonda, Ishizuka Mariko, Sanada Takahiro, Yoshii Kentaro, Yoshimatsu Kumiko, Arikawa Jiro, Takashima Ikuo
Abstract excerpt
A variety of hantaviruses are harbored by rodents in North and South America, some of which can cause hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. To obtain greater evolutionary insight into hantaviruses in the Americas, a total of 211 rodents were captured in the Mexican states of Guerrero and Morelos in 2006. Anti-hantavirus antibodies were detected in 27 of 211 serum samples (12.8%) by ELISA. The distribution of...
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