Volume 9, Number 7—July 2003

Research

Yellow Pygmy Rice Rat (Oligoryzomys flavescens) and Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Uruguay

Adriana Delfraro*, Mario Clara*, Lorena Tomé*, Federico Achaval*, Silvana Levis†, Gladys Calderón†, Delia Enria†, Mario Lozano‡, José Russi§, and Juan Arbiza* 

Author affiliations: *Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay; †Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas “Dr. Julio I. Maiztegui,” Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina; ‡Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Argentina; §Ministerio de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Figure 1. Locations of capture sites and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay–confirmed hantavirus pulmonary syndrome case-patients in Uruguay. Capture sites: red triangle = Puntas de Valdéz, green diamond = Piedritas, blue circle = Sauce, yellow star = Cerrillos, green square = Melilla.

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