Volume 10, Number 12—December 2004
Synopsis
Potential Mammalian Filovirus Reservoirs
A. Townsend Peterson*
, Darin S. Carroll†, James N. Mills†, and Karl M. Johnson‡
, Darin S. Carroll†, James N. Mills†, and Karl M. Johnson‡
Table 3
Subfamilial- or familial-level taxa that hold genera with distributions that coincide (coarse-scale) with distributions of disease outbreaks associated with African filovirusesa
| Subfamily or family |
|---|
| Coincides with Marburg occurrences only |
| Chrysochloridae |
| Otomyinae |
| Petromyscinae |
| Rhizomyinae |
| Lophiomyinae |
| Pedetidae |
| Bathyergidae |
| Macroscelididae |
| Coincides with African filovirus occurrences |
| Crocidurinaeb |
| Potamogalinae |
| Pteropodinaeb |
| Macroglossinaeb |
| Emballonuridaeb |
| Megadermatidaeb |
| Rhinolophinaeb |
| Hipposiderinaeb |
| Kerivoulinaeb |
| Vespertilioninaeb |
| Miniopterinaeb |
| Molossidaeb |
| Nycteridae |
| Procaviidae |
| Sciurinaeb |
| Murinaeb |
| Cricetomyinae |
| Dendromurinae |
| Gerbillinae |
| Anomalurinae |
| Zenkerellinae |
| Graphiurinae |
| Thryonomyidae |
| Leporidae |
aTaxa including species that have been tested are indicated in boldface. bGenera including species occurring in the Philippines.
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