Dual captures of Colorado rodents: implications for transmission of hantaviruses.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Calisher, C. H. ; Childs, J. E. ; Sweeney, W. P. ; Canestrop, K. M. ; Beaty, B. J.
• Description:
  We analyzed dual-capture data collected during longitudinal studies monitoring transmission and persistence of Sin Nombre virus in rodents in Colorado. Our data indicate that multiple captures (two or more rodents captured in a single trap) may not be random, as indicated by previous studies, but rather the result of underlying, species-specific social behavior or cohesiveness. In the pairs we captured, most often, rodents were of the same species, were male, and could be recaptured as pairs. Therefore, dual captures of rodents, which are unusual but not rare, tend to occur among certain species, and appear to be nonrandom, group-foraging encounters. These demographic and ecologic characteristics may have implications for the study of the transmission of hantaviruses.
• Subjects:
  Aging Animals Behavior, Animal Disease Reservoirs Ecosystem Female Hantavirus Infections Male Rodent Diseases Rodentia Sex Characteristics

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(4):363-369.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:038aaa20192a12cdbe645914098d71a5c8b50824d0a1cf6e33df68ca322f3daf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15014/cdc_15014_DS1.pdf
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