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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Jay, M.; Ascher, M. S.; Chomel, B. B.; Madon, M.; Sesline, D.; ... More +
Jay, M.; Ascher, M. S.; Chomel, B. B.; Madon, M.; Sesline, D.; Enge, B. A.; Hjelle, B.; Ksiazek, T. G.; Rollin, P. E.; Kass, P. H.; Reilly, K.; Less -
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A total of 4,626 mammals were serologically tested for antibodies to Sin Nombre virus. All nonrodent species were antibody negative. Among wild rodents, antibody prevalence was 8.5% in murids, 1.4% in heteromyids, and < 0.1% in sciurids. Of 1,921 Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mice), 226 (11.8%) were antibody positive, including one collected in 1975. The highest antibody prevalence (71.4% of 35) was found among P. maniculatus on Santa Cruz Island, off the southern California coast. Prevalence of antibodies among deer mice trapped near sites of human cases (26.8% of 164) was significantly higher than that of mice from other sites (odds ratio = 4.5; 95% confidence interval = 1.7, 11.6). Antibody prevalence increased with rising elevation (> 1,200 meters) and correlated with a spatial cluster of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases in the Sierra Nevada.
Subject:
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Animals
Antibodies, Viral
Hantavirus
Hantavirus Infections
Humans
Peromyscus
Rodent Diseases

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 3(2):183-190.;
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Place as Subject:
California;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:a5966c7415f0061abf95f2dd197e9c56cac6bd52cc70b9821a3eea2c89be41ca
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