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- Title
Hantaan virus antibody prevalence in rodent populations of several provinces of northeastern Thailand.
- Authors
Nitatpattana, Narong; Henrich, Timothy; Palabodeewat, Somnuek; Tangkanakul, Waraluk; Poonsuksombat, Duangporn; Chauvancy, Gilles; Barbazan, Philippe; Yoksan, Sutee; Gonzalez, Jean-Paul
- Abstract
We conducted a serological survey of 632 rodents from the northeast region of Thailand in order to assess the presence of Hantaan-like viruses that may be a risk to the human population. Rodents were collected from rice fields, houses and domestic gardens in five northeastern provinces and tested for IgG reacting sera to Hantaan antigen using enzyme-linked immunoassays. The overall prevalence of Hantavirus infection in rodents was 2.1% (13/632). Species that tested positive included Bandicota indica (4.3% positive within species), Rattus exulans (2.1%), R. losea (1.6%) and R. rattus (0.9%). Species such as R. exulans and R. losea are candidate hosts of unidentified Hantaan-like viruses in Thailand.
- Subjects
THAILAND; HANTAVIRUS diseases; RODENT populations; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; ANTIGENS
- Publication
Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2002, Vol 7, Issue 10, p840
- ISSN
1360-2276
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00830.x