In article <348upv$hri at www.interramp.com>, knunan at .interramp.com writes:
>how does culture result in the virus having
>waited until 1989-90 to make its appearance?
I believe that the reference was to the rattlesnake round-up you
mentioned, which is not a Southwestern activity, but limited to areas of
Texas. This is pertinent to your argument relative to the outbreak in the
Four Corners area.
As for the virus "waiting until 1989-90 to make its appearance" it is
clear from the restrospective serological data that this virus (or a very
similar one) has been around for quite some time. Check out the MMWR
reports of this during the past twelve months.
Martin Hewlett
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
