Volume 5, Number 1—February 1999
Research
A Longitudinal Study of Sin Nombre Virus Prevalence in Rodents, Southeastern Arizona
Table 2
Distribution of antibody-positive versus all brush mice, cactus mice, and white-footed mice, by sex and age
| Brush mice |
Cactus mice |
White-footed mice |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. (%) positive | Total no. (%) | No. (%) positive | Total no. (%) | No. (%) positive | Total no. (%) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 12 (92) | 51 (52) | 0 | 59 (50) | 3 (100) | 10 (48) |
| Female | 1 ( 8) | 47 (48) | 1 (100) | 59 (50) | 0 | 11 (52) |
| Age | ||||||
| Juvenile | 0 | 12 (12) | 0 | 22 (18) | 0 | 2 (10) |
| Young adult | 1 (8) | 38 (40) | 0 | 48 (41) | 0 | 3 (14) |
| Adult | 12 (92) | 48 (48) | 1 (100) | 48 (41) | 3 (100) | 16 (76) |
