Volume 14, Number 9—September 2008
Dispatch
Host Range and Genetic Diversity of Arenaviruses in Rodents, United Kingdom
Kim R. Blasdell, Stuart D. Becker, Jane Hurst, Mike Begon, and Malcolm Bennett
Table 1
Rodent species, numbers tested, seroprevalence, and viral RNA prevalence to LCMV at each UK and Republic of Ireland site*
| Site code and year | Geographic location | Species tested for antibody | Species tested for viral RNA |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHF 2004 | Cheshire | MMu (0/4), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0 | |
| PHF 2005 | Cheshire | MMu (8/26); SP = 30.8 | |
| BHF 2004 | Cheshire | MMu (4/10); SP = 40.0 | MMu (2/9), RN (0/2) – 2 sequences |
| BHF 2005 | Cheshire | MMu (2/2), RN (0/2); SP = 50.0 | |
| BGF | Cheshire | MMu (0/7), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0 | |
| CLF 2004 | Cheshire | MMu (0/6), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0 | |
| CLF 2005 | Cheshire | MMu (0/12), RN (0/4); SP = 0.0 | |
| MF 2002 | Cheshire | AS (0/10), MG (0/9), MA (0/2), MMu (0/30); SP = 0.0 | AS (1/10), MG (0/1), MA (0/1), MMu (2/4) – 3 sequences |
| MF 2004 | Cheshire | AS (4/10), MG (0/1), MA (0/1), MMu (2/4); SP = 37.5 | |
| CZ 2002 | Cheshire | AS (0/4), MG (0/4), CL (4/61), MMi (0/22), RN (0/2); SP = 4.3 | AS (1/1), CL (0/4), MMi (0/1), MMu (0/1) – 0 sequences |
| CZ spring 2003 | Cheshire | AS (0/9), MG (0/3), MA (0/4), MMi (1/3), SP = 5.3 | |
| CZ autumn 2003 | Cheshire | AS (1/18), MG (0/19), MA (0/4), MMu (0/1), SP = 2.9 | |
| CZ 2004 | Cheshire | MMu (1/19), RN (1/12), SP= 3.2 | |
| DF | Cheshire | MMu (1/69), SP = 1.4 | |
| MW | Cheshire | MG (0/105), AS (0/45), SP = 0.0 | |
| RH | Cheshire | MG (0/19), AS (0/49), SP = 0.0 | |
| LVFS | Cheshire | RN (0/2, SC (0/4), SP = 0.0 | |
| FA | Merseyside | MA (0/2), AS (0/24), SP = 0.0 | |
| KF | Northumberland | MA (2/104), SP = 1.9 | |
| LI | North Devon | RN (0/40), SP = 0.0 | |
| IOW | Isle of Wight | SV (1/18), SP = 5.6 | |
| TF | Thetford | SV (1/21), SP = 4.8 | |
| CF | Cumbria | SC (0/10), SV, (0/4), SP = 0.0 | |
| NI | Northern Ireland | AS (1/149), SP = 0.7 | |
| CA | Republic of Ireland | MG (0/15), SP = 0.0 | |
| CC | Republic of Ireland | AS (0/7), SP = 0.0 | |
| TW | Republic of Ireland | AS (0/10), SP = 0.0 | |
| Other | Various locations | RN (1/6), SC (0/1), SV (2/26), SP = NA | AS (0/1), MA (0/2), MMu (0/31), RN (0/5), SV (1/4) – 0 sequences |
| Captive colony | Captive colony, Cheshire | MMu (30/87), SP = 34.5 | MMu (122/403) – 92 sequences |
*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; SP, site prevalence (%). Species key: MMu, Mus musculus (house mouse); RN, Rattus norvegicus (brown or Norway rat); AS, Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse); MG, Myodes glareolus (bank vole); MA, Microtus agrestis (field vole); MMi, Micromys minutis (harvest mouse); CL, Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog); SV, Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel); SC, Sciurus carolensis (gray squirrel); NA, not available. Species containing positive animals are in boldface italics, with number positive and number tested in parentheses.
