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- Title
Cotton Rats and House Sparrows as Hosts for North and South American Strains of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus.
- Authors
Arrigo, Nicole C.; Adams, A. Paige; Watts, Douglas M.; Newman, Patrick C.; Weaver, Scott C.
- Abstract
Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) is an arbovirus that causes severe disease in humans in North America and in equids throughout the Americas. The enzootic transmission cycle of EEEV in North America involves passerine birds and the ornithophilic mosquito vector, Culiseta melanura, in freshwater swamp habitats. However, the ecology of EEEV in South America is not well understood. Culex (Melanoconion) spp. mosquitoes are considered the principal vectors in Central and South America; however, a primary vertebrate host for EEEV in South America has not yet been identified. Therefore, to further assess the reservoir host potential of wild rodents and wild birds, we compared the infection dynamics of North American and South American EEEV in cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Our findings suggested that each species has the potential to serve as amplification hosts for North and South America EEEVs.
- Subjects
NORTH America; EASTERN equine encephalomyelitis; ARBOVIRUSES; EQUIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; HABITATS; PATCH dynamics
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 9, p1373
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1609.100459