Serologic evidence of hantavirus infection in sigmodontine rodents in Mexico.
J Wildl Dis
; 37(2): 391-3, 2001 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11310896
Antibodies to hantaviruses in two species of sigmodontine rodents (Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys sumichrasti) collected in central Mexico are reported. Peromyscus maniculatus, a common species throughout much of Mexico, is the reservoir of Sin Nombre virus (SNV), the etiologic agent of the great majority of cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in North America. Although the identity of the virus detected in P. maniculatus in Mexico could not be determined by these serologic results, our findings suggest that SNV may occur throughout the range of P. maniculatus in North America. If true, the failure to identify HPS in Mexico is not due to the absence of pathogenic hantaviruses in Mexico.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças dos Roedores
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Peromyscus
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Orthohantavírus
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Infecções por Hantavirus
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Muridae
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Wildl Dis
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos