Peridomestic small mammals associated with confirmed cases of human hantavirus disease in southcentral Chile

Torres-Perez, F; Navarrete-Droguett, J; Aldunate, R; Yates, TL; Mertz, GJ; Vial, PA; Ferrés M.; Marquet, PA; Palma RE

Abstract

Cases of human hantavirus disease have been reported in Chile since 1995, most of them in people living in rural and periurban areas. We conducted a peridomestic study of small mammals to evaluate the relationships between the presence of rodents with antibodies to Andes virus confirmed human cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in southcentral Chile. The results of 20 sampled sites, which involved the capture of 272 mice over ah 18-month period, showed the occurrence of 10 small mammal species, of which Oligoryzomys longicaudatus was the only sero-positive species for hantavirus, with an intra-specific serologic rate of 10.4%.

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Título según WOS: Peridomestic small mammals associated with confirmed cases of human hantavirus disease in southcentral Chile
Título según SCOPUS: Peridomestic small mammals associated with confirmed cases of human hantavirus disease in Southcentral Chile
Título de la Revista: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volumen: 70
Número: 3
Editorial: AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
Fecha de publicación: 2004
Página de inicio: 305
Página final: 309
Idioma: English
Notas: ISI, SCOPUS