Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999
Research
Long-Term Hantavirus Persistence in Rodent Populations in Central Arizona
Ken D. Abbott*
, Thomas G. Ksiazek†, and James N. Mills†
, Thomas G. Ksiazek†, and James N. Mills†Table 2
Antibody-positive and antibody-negative Peromyscus boylii and P. truei at two mark-recapture webs,a December 1995—November 1997
| No. (%) P. boyii |
No. (%) P. truei |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Positive | Negative | Totals | Positive | Negative | Totals |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 49 (32) | 106 (68) | 155 (54) | 3 (4) | 63 (96) | 66 (56) |
| Female | 9 (7) | 123 (93) | 132 (46) | 1 (2) | 50 (98) | 51 (44) |
| Totals | 58 (20) | 229 (80) | 287 | 4 (3) | 113 (97) | 117 |
| Body mass classb | ||||||
| I | 2 (3) | 75 (97) | 77 (27) | 0 | 31 (100) | 31 (26) |
| II | 9 (15) | 51 (85) | 60 (21) | 1 (5) | 18 (95) | 19 (16) |
| III | 47 (31) | 103 (69) | 150 (52) | 3 (4) | 64 (96) | 67 (58) |
| Web-site longevity [months]c | ||||||
| Male | 4.4 [1-16] | 2.9 [1-26] | 2.3 [1-5] | 3.2 [1-18] | ||
| Female | 3.3 [1-13] | 3.5 [1-18] | 1 [1] | 3 [1-15] | ||
aS-1 and S-2 webs.
bClasses assigned at first capture. I = 6.0g-19.0g; II = 19.1g-22.0g; III = 22.1g to >30.0g.
cLongevity is the mean number of months animals were captured, from first to last capture. Values in brackets are ranges.
