Antibodies to Tacaribe Serocomplex Viruses (Family<i>Arenaviridae</i>, Genus<i>Arenavirus</i>) in Cricetid Rodents from New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico

Milazzo, Mary Louise; Barragán-Gomez, Artemio; Hanson, John D.; Estrada-Franco, José G.; Arellano, Elizabeth; González-Cózatl, Francisco X.; Fernández‐Salas, Ildefonso; Ramirez-Aguilar, Francisco J.; Rogers, Donald E.; Bradley, Robert D.; Fulhorst, Charles F.

doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0206

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“…Subsequently, WWAV was isolated from woodrats (presumed to be Neotoma albigula ) captured in northwestern New Mexico (Fulhorst et al 1996); Tacaribe serocomplex viruses were isolated from white-throated woodrats ( N. albigula ), a bushy-tailed woodrat ( N. cinerea ), Mexican woodrats ( N. mexicana ), large-eared woodrats ( N. macrotis ), southern plains woodrats ( N. micropus ), and California mice ( Peromyscus californicus ) captured at other localities in the United States (Cajimat et al 2007b, 2008; Fulhorst et al 2001, 2002a, 2002b; Milazzo et al 2008); antibodies (IgG) to Tacaribe serocomplex viruses were found in cricetid rodents captured in San Luis Potosí and 9 other states in Mexico (Milazzo et al 2010); and RNA of RCTV was found in white-toothed woodrats ( N. leucodon ) captured in San Luis Potosí (Inizan et al 2010). …”

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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae)

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The purpose of this study was to extend our knowledge of the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses. Analyses of glycoprotein precursor gene sequence data separated the North American arenaviruses into 7 major phylogenetic groups. The results of analyses of Z gene and nucleocapsid protein gene sequence data were not remarkably different from the glycoprotein precursor gene tree. In contrast, the tree generated from RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene sequences differed from the glycoprotein precursor gene tree with regard to phylogenetic relationships among the viruses associated with woodrats captured in the western United States, Texas, or northern Mexico. Further analyses of the polymerase gene sequence data set suggested that the difference in topology was a consequence of incongruence among the gene tree data sets or chance rather than genetic reassortment or recombination between arenaviruses.

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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae)

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“…Examination of more than 2,000 mammals, principally small rodents, in Trinidad at that time failed to provide serological evidence of infection with TCRV, leading to the suggestion that artibeus bats were reservoirs of TCRV (11). This is unusual in that all other arenaviruses with known hosts are rodent borne (12,16). When TCRV was isolated from artibeus fruit bats, it was observed that some appeared healthy while others were mistaken for rabid bats (11).…”

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Tacaribe Virus Causes Fatal Infection of An Ostensible Reservoir Host, the Jamaican Fruit Bat

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c Tacaribe virus (TCRV) was first isolated from 11 Artibeus species bats captured in Trinidad in the 1950s during a rabies virus surveillance program. Despite significant effort, no evidence of infection of other mammals, mostly rodents, was found, suggesting that no other vertebrates harbored TCRV. For this reason, it was hypothesized that TCRV was naturally hosted by artibeus bats. This is in stark contrast to other arenaviruses with known hosts, all of which are rodents. To examine this hypothesis, we conducted experimental infections of Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis) to determine whether they could be persistently infected without substantial pathology. We subcutaneously or intranasally infected bats with TCRV strain TRVL-11573, the only remaining strain of TCRV, and found that low-dose (10 4 50% tissue culture infective dose [TCID 50 ]) inoculations resulted in asymptomatic and apathogenic infection and virus clearance, while high-dose (10 6 TCID 50 ) inoculations caused substantial morbidity and mortality as early as 10 days postinfection. Uninoculated cage mates failed to seroconvert, and viral RNA was not detected in their tissues, suggesting that transmission did not occur. Together, these data suggest that A. jamaicensis bats may not be a reservoir host for TCRV.

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“…Blood samples from the rodents from FBMB, FLOM, AFTN, and MSSP were tested in previous studies (Milazzo et al 2010, Mauldin et al 2013) for immunoglobulin G (IgG) to WWAV strain AV 9310135 (Fulhorst et al 1996), using an ELISA (Bennett et al 2000). The test antigen was prepared from Vero E6 cells infected with AV 9310135, the control (comparison) antigen was prepared from uninfected Vero E6 cells, and the working dilutions of the antigens were determined by box-titration against immune sera from white-throated woodrats ( N. albigula ) inoculated with AV 9310135 (Fulhorst et al 2001).…”

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“…Previous studies revealed a high level of genetic diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with N. albigula in Arizona and New Mexico (Milazzo et al 2008); a high level of genetic diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with N. mexicana in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah (Cajimat et al 2008); and evidence of arenaviral infections in southern plains woodrats captured in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (Cajimat et al 2011, Calisher et al 2001, Fulhorst et al 2002, Milazzo et al 2010). The purpose of this study was to extend our knowledge of the genetic diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with N. micropus and to define better the natural host relationships of these viruses.…”

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Diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae) associated with the southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)

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The southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) is the principal host of Catarina virus in southern Texas and a natural host of other North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses. The objectives of this study were to increase our knowledge of the genetic diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with N. micropus and to define better the natural host relationships of these viruses. Pairwise comparisons of complete glycoprotein precursor gene sequences and complete nucleocapsid protein gene sequences revealed a high level of genetic diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses associated with N. micropus in western Oklahoma, southern New Mexico, and northern and southern Texas. Collectively, the results of Bayesian analyses of nucleotide sequences and pairwise comparisons of amino acid sequences confirmed that the arenaviruses associated with N. micropus in Oklahoma and New Mexico should be included in the Whitewater Arroyo species complex, and indicated that that the arenaviruses associated with N. micropus in northern Texas are strains of a novel arenaviral species – tentatively named “Middle Pease River virus”. Together, the results of assays for arenavirus and assays for anti-arenavirus antibody in 54 southern plains woodrats and 325 other rodents captured at 2 localities suggested that the southern plains woodrat is the principal host of Middle Pease River virus in northern Texas.

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Antibodies to Tacaribe Serocomplex Viruses (FamilyArenaviridae, GenusArenavirus) in Cricetid Rodents from New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico

Cited by 13 publications

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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae)

Diversity and phylogenetic relationships among the North American Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae)

Tacaribe Virus Causes Fatal Infection of An Ostensible Reservoir Host, the Jamaican Fruit Bat

Diversity among Tacaribe serocomplex viruses (Family Arenaviridae) associated with the southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)

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