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Volume 3, Number 3—September 1997
Dispatch

Population Dynamics of the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Sin Nombre Virus, California Channel Islands

Tim B. Graham* and Bruno B. Chomel
Author affiliations: *USGS, Biological Resources Division, Moab, Utah, USA; †University of California, Davis, California, USA

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Figure 1

The California Channel Islands, with prevalence of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) and Seoul* hantaviruses on each island in 1994 (6). Channel Islands National Park comprises San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands.

Figure 1. The California Channel Islands, with prevalence of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) and Seoul* hantaviruses on each island in 1994 (6). Channel Islands National Park comprises San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands.

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