Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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Pet Rodents and Fatal Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in Transplant Patients

Brian R. Amman*¹

, Boris I. Pavlin*¹², Cesar G. Albariño*, James A. Comer*, Bobbie R. Erickson*, Jennifer B. Oliver*, Tara K. Sealy*, Martin J. Vincent*, Stuart T. Nichol*, Christopher D. Paddock*, Abbigail J. Tumpey*, Kent D. Wagoner*³, R. David Glauer†, Kathleen A. Smith‡, Kim A. Winpisinger‡, Melody S. Parsely§, Phil Wyrick¶, Christopher H. Hannafin#, Utpala Bandy**, Sherif Zaki*, Pierre E. Rollin*, and Thomas G. Ksiazek*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA; ‡Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA; §Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; ¶Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; #Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; **Rhode Island Department of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;

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Table 1

Estimated population sizes and samples taken from 2 rodent distribution facilities

Location	Species	Population size	Projected prevalence, %	Sample size	Probability of detecting a positive, %
Ohio	Syrian hamsters	5,000	5.0	116	99.8
Arkansas	Fancy rats	>10,000	3.4	125	98.7
Arkansas	Fancy mice	200	3.4	75	96.5
Arkansas	Gerbils	2,500	3.4	125	98.8
Arkansas	Dwarf hamsters	3,750	3.4	113*	98.1
Arkansas	Roborovsky dwarf hamster	140	3.4	12†	36.5

*Sample size after removal of 12 Roborovsky hamsters from requested sample size.
†Sample size represents an agreed-upon portion of the total population.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

²Current affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

³Current affiliation: Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA

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