Short Report: Prevalence of Hantavirus Infection in Rodents Associated with Two Fatal Human Infections in California

Michael J. Turell U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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George W. Korch U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Cynthia A. Rossi U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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David Sesline U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Barryett A. Enge U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Dale V. Dondero U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Michelle Jay U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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George V. Ludwig U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Dexin Li U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Connie S. Schmaljohn U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Richard J. Jackson U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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Michael S. Ascher U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), California Department of Health Services, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1995.52.180
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Volume 52: Issue 2
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180–182
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Rodents living near two fatal human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in California were surveyed for evidence of hantavirus infection. Seventeen (15%) (14 Peromyscus maniculatus and one each of P. truei, Eutamias minimus, and Microtus californicus) of 114 rodents tested had evidence (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or polymerase chain reaction) of hantavirus infection. This suggests that Peromyscus mice, and P. maniculatus in particular, may be the reservoir for the virus causing this newly recognized disease in California, as previously reported for New Mexico and Arizona.

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Copyright © 1995 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1995
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Feb 1995
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0002-9637

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First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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