TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Experimental infections of Oryzomys couesi with sympatric arboviruses from Mexico
AU - Deardorff, Eleanor R.
AU - Forrester, Naomi L.
AU - Travassos Da Rosa, Amelia P.
AU - Estrada-Franco, Jose G.
AU - Navarro-Lopez, Roberto
AU - Tesh, Robert B.
AU - Weaver, Scott C.
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Coues rice rat (Oryzomys couesi), a species abundant throughout Central America, was evaluated experimentally for the ability to serve as an amplifying host for three arboviruses: Patois (Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus), Nepuyo (Orthobunyavirus), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus subtype ID (Togaviridae, Alphavirus).These three viruses have similar ecologies and are known to co-circulate in nature. Animals from all three cohorts survived infection and developed viremia with no apparent signs of illness and long-lasting antibodies. Thus, O. couesi may play a role in the general maintenance of these viruses in nature.
AB - Coues rice rat (Oryzomys couesi), a species abundant throughout Central America, was evaluated experimentally for the ability to serve as an amplifying host for three arboviruses: Patois (Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus), Nepuyo (Orthobunyavirus), and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus subtype ID (Togaviridae, Alphavirus).These three viruses have similar ecologies and are known to co-circulate in nature. Animals from all three cohorts survived infection and developed viremia with no apparent signs of illness and long-lasting antibodies. Thus, O. couesi may play a role in the general maintenance of these viruses in nature.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77449152513&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0024
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0024
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 82
SP - 350
EP - 353
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 2
ER -