ICey to the Species. 87 Genus Myotis. 89 Myotis aelleni. 89 Myotis albescens. 90 Myotis chiloensis. .92 Myotis keaysi. 99 Myotis levis. 99 Myotis nigricans.110 Myotis riparius. Myotis ruber.113 Myotis simus.. 115 Genus Eptesicus.117 Eptesicus brasiliensis....117 Eptesicus diminutus . Eptesicus furinalis. 123 Genus Histiotus. His (iotas macrotus. Histiotus magellanicus. Histiotus montanus. Histiotus velatus. 141 Genus Dasypterus. Dasypterus ega. Genus Lasiurus. Lasiurus blossevillii .. Lasiurus cine reus Lasiurus varius Family Molossidae.

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The purpose of this study was to characterize the hantaviruses circulating in northwestern Argentina. Human and rodent studies were conducted in Yuto, where most cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) occur. Partial virus genome sequences were obtained from the blood of 12 cases of HPS, and from the lungs of 4 Calomys callosus and 1 Akodon simulator. Phylogenetic analysis showed that three genotypes associated with HPS circulate in Yuto. Laguna Negra (LN) virus, associated with C. laucha in Paraguay, was identified for the first time in Argentina; it was recovered from human cases and from C. callosus samples. The high sequence identity between human and rodent samples implicated C. callosus as the primary rodent reservoir for LN virus in Yuto. The genetic analysis showed that the Argentinian LN virus variant differed 16.8% at the nucleotide level and 2.9% at the protein level relative to the Paraguayan LN virus. The other two hantavirus lineages identified were the previously known Bermejo and Oran viruses.