Volume 9, Number 9—September 2003
Research
Hantavirus Infection in Humans and Rodents, Northwestern Argentina
Noemi Pini*
, Silvana Levis*, Gladys Calderón*, Josefina Ramirez†, Daniel Bravo‡, Elena Lozano†, Carlos Ripoll§, Stephen St. Jeor¶, Thomas G. Ksiazek#, Ruben M. Barquez**††, and Delia Enria*
, Silvana Levis*, Gladys Calderón*, Josefina Ramirez†, Daniel Bravo‡, Elena Lozano†, Carlos Ripoll§, Stephen St. Jeor¶, Thomas G. Ksiazek#, Ruben M. Barquez**††, and Delia Enria*Table 6
Distribution of rodent species by capture habitat
| Habitat |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Districts |
Farms |
Brushwoodd |
Total |
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| Domestica | Peridomesticb | Domestica | Peridomesticb | Cultivationc | ||||
| Akodon simulator |
5 |
7 |
51 |
77 |
140 |
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| Akodon sp |
2 |
2 |
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| Akodon caenosus |
3 |
3 |
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| Calomys callosus |
8 |
5 |
25 |
44 |
55 |
137 |
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| Holochilus chacarius |
7 |
4 |
11 |
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| Mus musculus |
7 |
3 |
10 |
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| Oligoryzomys sp |
2 |
2 |
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| Oligoryzomys chacoensis |
4 |
4 |
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| O. longicaudatus |
6 |
6 |
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| Oxymycterus paramensis |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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| Rattus rattus |
1 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
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| Thylamys elegans |
1 |
1 |
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| T. venustus |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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| No identification |
1 |
17 |
16 |
34 |
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| Total | 7 | 20 | 9 | 33 | 123 | 169 | 361 | |
aInside households.
bImmediate vicinity of houses, including yards, outbuildings, vegetable gardens, weeds, fence lines, and railroad.
cIncludes grapefruit and banana plantations, vegetables cultivation, weeds, and roadside in the same sites.
dSeminatural habitat that includes a streamside.
