Serological Evidence for Zoonotic Hantaviruses in North Carolina Rodents
| Autor: | Milton Levin, W. T. Sullivan, J. G. Vandenbergh, Thomas G. Ksiazek, B. J. Weigler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Orthohantavirus Veterinary medicine Peromyscus Hantavirus Infections viruses Serological evidence Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Antibodies Viral Virus Rodent Diseases Seroepidemiologic Studies Zoonoses North Carolina Animals Humans Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Disease Reservoirs Hantavirus Ecology biology Sin Nombre virus virus diseases biology.organism_classification Human exposure Female Seoul virus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32:354-357 |
| ISSN: | 0090-3558 |
| DOI: | 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.354 |
| Popis: | In a survey of seven species of wild rodents (n = 423) collected between October 1993 and March 1994 from the three principal ecological biomes of North Carolina (USA), we found hantavirus antibodies in seven (2%) of 301 Peromyscus spp. Hantavirus antibodies were detected in P. leucopus and P. maniculatus captured from mountain and coastal island bi-omes. Three mice were positive for Sin Nom-bre virus, while four others had antibodies to Seoul virus or a related agent. Two mice serologically positive for Sin Nombre virus were collected from inside a private mountain domicile. We conclude that the risk of human exposure to hantaviruses in North Carolina resembles that for most other areas of the continental United States. |
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