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SUBMITTER: Hjelle B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC189769 | biostudies-other | 1995 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hjelle B B Lee S W SW Song W W Torrez-Martinez N N Song J W JW Yanagihara R R Gavrilovskaya I I Mackow E R ER
Journal of virology 19951201 12
The complete M segment sequences of hantaviruses amplified from tissues of a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the northeastern United States and from white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, from New York were 99% identical and differed from those of Four Corners virus by 23%. The serum of this patient failed to recognize a conserved, immunodominant epitope of the Four Corners virus G1 glycoprotein. Collectively, these findings indicate that P. leucopus harbors a genetically and anti ...[more]