Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Detection of New World Hantavirus Antibodies in Rodents of Eastern New Mexico, USA.
- Journal:
- Journal of wildlife diseases
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Curtis, Jessica L et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Biology · United States
Abstract
Hantaviruses, causal agents of the potentially lethal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, have widely distributed rodent hosts. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we tested blood from 398 wild rodents captured in eastern New Mexico, US in 2015-17 and found 42 antibody-positive samples representing six genera.
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