Bayou Virus-Associated Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Eastern Texas: Identification of the Rice Rat, Oryzomys palustris, as Reservoir Host
| Title: | Bayou Virus-Associated Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Eastern Texas: Identification of the Rice Rat, Oryzomys palustris, as Reservoir Host |
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| Authors: | Norah Torrez-Martinez, Mausumi Bharadwaj, Diane Goade, John Delury, Peggy Moran, Bradley Hicks, Beverlee Nix, James L. Davis, Brian Hjelle |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 105-111 (1998) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998. |
| Publication Year: | 1998 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | United States, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | We describe the third known case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) due to Bayou virus, from Jefferson County, Texas. By using molecular epidemiologic methods, we show that rice rats (Oryzomys palustris) are frequently infected with Bayou virus and that viral RNA sequences from HPS patients are similar to those from nearby rice rats. Bayou virus is associated with O. palustris; this rodent appears to be its predominant reservoir host. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/4/1/98-0115_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid0401.980115 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f81434662ef74c0d8c8a6f111f7bf644 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f81434662ef74c0d8c8a6f111f7bf644 |
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| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid0401.980115 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |