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*
Table 2
Hantavirus-seropositive rodents found in the different geographic areas where captures were performed
| Sample | Rodent species | Geographic area | Habitat | Antibody titer (arbitrary units) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U89a |
Oligoryzomys flavescens |
Puntas de Valdéz (San José) |
Road border |
1,600 |
|
| SA63a |
O. flavescens |
Sauce (Canelones) |
Peridomestic |
1,600 |
|
| Ce20a |
O. flavescens |
Melilla (Montevideo) |
Peridomestic |
>6,400 |
|
| Ce22a |
O. flavescens |
Melilla (Montevideo) |
Shrublands |
1,600 |
|
| Ce155a | O. flavescens | Cerrillos (Canelones) | Shrublands | 400 | |
aSpecimens deposited at the Specimen Collection of the Sección Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay with the following numbers: U89=ZVC-M2154, SA63=ZVC-M2155, Ce20=ZVC-M2156, Ce22=ZVC-M2157, and Ce155=ZVC-M2158.
