- Title
Rodent Abundance and Hantavirus Infection in Protected Area, East-Central Argentina.
- Authors
Maroli, Malena; Vadell, María Victoria; Padula, Paula; Gómez Villafañe, Isabel E.; Villafañe, Isabel E Gómez
- Abstract
We captured 3 hantavirus rodent hosts in Otamendi Natural Reserve, Argentina, during 2007-2012. Hantavirus antibodies were found only in Akodon azarae grass mice, mainly in males and old animals. Higher abundance of this species was associated with warm and rainy weather and high water levels, which peaked after a strong El Niño event.
- Subjects
ARGENTINA; HANTAVIRUSES; HANTAVIRUS diseases; RODENT diseases; AKODON; NATURE reserves; RODENT physiology; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOTIC communities; COMMUNICABLE diseases; POPULATION density; PUBLIC health; RODENTS; TIME; VIRAL antibodies; ZOONOSES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3201/eid2401.171372