High Prevalence of Sin Nombre Virus in Rodent Populations, Central Utah: A Consequence of Human Disturbance?

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Mackelprang, R. ; Dearing, M. D. ; St Jeor, S.
• Description:
  Sin Nombre virus (SNV) (Bunyaviridae) is a newly discovered hantavirus responsible for hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in humans. The deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, is its primary reservoir (1,2). To address a gap in our understanding of the temporal dynamics of SNV, we conducted a longitudinal study in the Great Basin. Our study site was the West Tintic Mountains, Jericho, Utah, 39°57' N, 112°22' W. We trapped on May 29 to 31, July 10 to 12, and October 7 to 9, 1999. Previous research (3) indicated woodrats (Neotoma lepida) were reservoirs for SNV; therefore, we concentrated our trapping efforts at woodrat middens. Middens (2 m diam) are structures of thousands of sticks built by woodrats and serve as nesting sites for a variety of small rodents, including deer mice (4,5). Each night of the 3-night trapping session, we set ~3 live traps baited with oats, peanut butter, and cotton at each of ~40 middens.
• Subjects:
  Animals Female Hantavirus Infections Humans Male Orthohantavirus Peromyscus Prevalence Sigmodontinae Sin Nombre Virus Zoonoses

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• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0703.010328
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  11384538
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2631778
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Utah
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  3
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(3):480-482.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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