Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Research
Outbreak of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Los Santos, Panama, 1999–2000
Vicente Bayard*†, Paul T. Kitsutani‡
, Eduardo O. Barria*, Luis A. Ruedas§, David S. Tinnin¶, Carlos Muñoz#, Itza B. de Mosca#, Gladys Guerrero**, Rudick Kant††, Arsenio Garcia*, Lorenzo Caceres*, Fernando G. Gracia*, Evelia Quiroz*, Zoila de Castillo*, Blas Armien*, Marlo Libel††, James N. Mills‡, Ali S. Khan‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Clarence J. Peters
, Eduardo O. Barria*, Luis A. Ruedas§, David S. Tinnin¶, Carlos Muñoz#, Itza B. de Mosca#, Gladys Guerrero**, Rudick Kant††, Arsenio Garcia*, Lorenzo Caceres*, Fernando G. Gracia*, Evelia Quiroz*, Zoila de Castillo*, Blas Armien*, Marlo Libel††, James N. Mills‡, Ali S. Khan‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Clarence J. PetersTable 5
List of species of rodents and opossums captured at 13 trapping sites in Los Santos and Veraguas Provinces, Panama, February–March 2000, and antibody results
| Rodent species (common name) | No. captured | No. hantavirus antibody-positive |
|---|---|---|
| Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei (cane rat) | 50 | 4 |
| Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat) | 20 | 0 |
| Oligoryzomys fulvescens (fulvous pigmy rice rat) | 15 | 2 |
| Oryzomys couesi (Coues’s rice rat) | 14 | 0 |
| Mus musculus (house mouse) | 9 | 0 |
| Liomys adspersus (Panamanian spiny pocket mouse) | 8 | 0 |
| Oryzomys concolor (colored rice rat) | 2 | 0 |
| Proechimys semispinosus (silky spiny rat) | 1 | 0 |
| Rattus rattus (black rat) | 1 | 0 |
| Marmosa mexicana. (Mexican mouse opossum) | 4 | 0 |
| Marmosa robinsoni (Robinson’s mouse opossum) | 3 | 0 |
