Volume 15, Number 6—June 2009
Research
Hantaviruses in Rodents and Humans, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Yong-Zhen Zhang
, Feng-Xian Zhang, Na Gao, Jian-Bo Wang, Zhi-Wei Zhao, Ming-Hui Li, Hua-Xin Chen, Yang Zou, and Alexander Plyusnin
, Feng-Xian Zhang, Na Gao, Jian-Bo Wang, Zhi-Wei Zhao, Ming-Hui Li, Hua-Xin Chen, Yang Zou, and Alexander PlyusninTable 3
Prevalence of hantavirus(es) in rodents by species, district, and ecological location, Inner Mongolia, China, 2003–2006*
| Species | Hulunbeier District |
Huhehaote District |
Bayannaoer District |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field/ grassland | Residential area | Field/desert grassland | Residential area | Field/desert grassland | Residential area | |||
| Apodemus agrarius | 132/9/3 | 81/4/1 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Apodemus peninsulae | 25/2/0 | 11/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Rattus norvegicus | 12/0/0 | 23/0/0 | 79/5/4 | 418/33/30 | 0/0/0 | 132/8/5 | ||
| Mus musculus | 0/0/0 | 7/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 21/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 19/0/0 | ||
| Microtus maximowiczii | 38/3/3 | 26/2/2 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Myodes rufocanus | 18/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Myodes rutilus | 89/0/0 | 54/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Cricetulus barabensis | 7/0/0 | 3/0/0 | 33/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 41/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Meriones meridianus | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 43/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 140/8/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Allactage sibirica | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 6/0/0 | 0/0/0 | ||
| Dipus sagitta |
0/0/0 |
0/0/0 |
0/0/0 |
0/0/0 |
5/0/0 |
0/0/0 |
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| Total | 321/14/6 | 208/6//3 | 155/5/4 | 439/33/30 | 192/8/0 | 151/8/5 | ||
*Data show no. of rodents captured/no. positive for hantavirus antigen/no. PCR positive.
