Sin Nombre Virus Infection in Deer Mice, Channel Islands, California

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Orrock, John L. ; Allan, Brian F.
• Description:
  Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is a highly virulent strain of hantavirus associated with rodent hosts in North America (1,2). Documenting the prevalence of SNV in wild rodent populations is an important component of determining risk for exposure and ultimately providing sound recommendations for epidemiologic management (3). Prevalence of SNV is highly variable. Deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) that inhabit the Channel Islands off the California coast often have rates of SNV that greatly exceed values on the mainland (2). Even though these islands have high rates of SNV prevalence and are recreational areas for humans, no surveys of the Channel Islands have been performed to document the dynamics of prevalence since 1994–1996 (2,4). We visited 4 of the Channel Islands in 2007 to document rates of SNV prevalence in P. maniculatus.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Hantavirus Infections Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Orthohantavirus Peromyscus Prevalence Rodent Diseases Sin Nombre Virus Zoonoses
• Keywords:
  Rodents
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1412.080935
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  19046540
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2634646
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  12
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(12):1965-1966
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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