Novel Ozark Orthohantavirus in Hispid Cotton Rats ( Sigmodon hispidus ), Arkansas, USA

We report a novel orthohantavirus, putatively named Ozark orthohantavirus, in hispid cotton rats captured within the Ozark Plateau in Arkansas, USA. This virus phylogenetically clusters with other orthohantaviruses that cause severe human disease. Continued orthohantavirus surveillance and virus seq...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 2576 - 2578
Main Authors:	Mull, Nathaniel, Erdin, Mert, Smura, Teemu, Sironen, Tarja, Forbes, Kristian M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Animals Antibodies, Viral Arkansas - epidemiology Arkansas, USA Cable TV Cotton Disease transmission Distribution Genetic aspects Genomes Grasslands Hantavirus Hantavirus Infections hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Hantaviruses Health risks Humans Identification and classification Infections Novel Ozark Orthohantavirus in Hispid Cotton Rats Orthohantavirus Pathogens phylogeny Predation prevalence Proteins Public health Research Letter Risk factors RNA Viruses Rodents sequence analysis Sigmodontinae Surveillance Virus research Viruses Zoonoses Arkansas United States Florida United States > US Texas prevalence viruses United States hantavirus cotton rats phylogeny zoonoses orthohantavirus sequence analysis Arkansas respiratory infections hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
ISSN:	1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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