Serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in Panama, 2000-2002

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dc.creatorSalazar-Bravo, Jorge (TTU)
dc.creatorArmién, Blas
dc.creatorSuzaán, Gerardo
dc.creatorArmién, Anibal
dc.creatorRuedas, Luis A.
dc.creatorAvila, Mario
dc.creatorZaldívar, Yamizel
dc.creatorPascale, Juan M.
dc.creatorGracia, Fernando
dc.creatorYates, Terry L.
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-14T18:58:33Z
dc.date.available2023-09-14T18:58:33Z
dc.date.issued2004
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dc.description.abstractFive hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in Panama between February 2000 and July 2002. The samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzymelinked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. The serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in Panama: Costa Rican pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 tested (5.6%); Cherrie's cane rat (Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei), five of 108 (4.6%); Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus), one of 22 (5%); Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus), one of seven (14%); Chiriquí harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys creper), one of two (50%); and Sumichrast's harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys sumichrasti), three of four (75%). Hantavirus infection in Peromyscus mexicanus and the three species of Reithrodontomys was caused by Rio Segundo hantavirus, a species of virus not previously reported from Panama. At least three hantaviruses, therefore, are known to infeet populations of wild rodents in the country. However, given the total number of animals tested, the role of these rodent species in the epidemiology and epizootiology of hantavirus infections remains unclear. © Wildlife Disease Association 2004.
dc.identifier.citationSalazar-Bravo, J., Armien, B., Suzaan, G., Armien, A., Ruedas, L.A., Avila, M., Zaldivar, Y., Pascale, J.M., Gracia, F., & Yates, T.L.. 2004. Serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in Panama, 2000-2002. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.103
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.103
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/96172
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectHantavirus
dc.subjectHeteromyidae
dc.subjectMuridae
dc.subjectPanama
dc.subjectSeroprevalence
dc.subjectSigmodontinae
dc.titleSerosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in Panama, 2000-2002
dc.typeArticle

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