Emerg Infect DiseidEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-6059Centers for Disease Control92843832627636Research ArticlePopulation dynamics of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Sin Nombre virus, California Channel Islands.GrahamT. B.ChomelB. B.USGS, Biological Resources Division, Moab, Utah, USA.Jul-Sep199733367370

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, first documented in 1993, is caused by Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is carried by the Peromyscus species. In 1994, high SNV antibody prevalence was identified in deer mice from two California Channel Islands. We sampled two locations on three islands to estimate mouse population density and SNV prevalence. Population flux and SNV prevalence appear to vary independently.