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Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Dispatch

Two Novel Arenaviruses Detected in Pygmy Mice, Ghana

Karl C. Kronmann1Comments to Author , Shirley Nimo-Paintsil1, Fady Guirguis, Lisha C. Kronmann, Kofi Bonney, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, William Ampofo, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, and Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet.
Author affiliations: US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Ghana Detachment, Accra, Ghana (K.C. Kronmann, S. Nimo-Paintsil, L.C. Kronmann); US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt (F. Guirguis); Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Legon, Ghana (K. Bonney, W. Ampofo, S. Nimo Paintsil); Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (K. Obiri-Danso); Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany (E. Fichet-Calvet); Evolutionary Biology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (E. Fichet-Calvet)

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Table

Species distribution of small mammals captured by village in Ghana*

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All sites
Crocidura spp. 1/1 0 0/1 0/1 0 0/3 1/7 1/5 2/3 0 5/21
Gerbilliscus gambianus 0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1
Gerbilliscus kempi 0 0/1 0 0/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/5
Lemniscomys striatus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/2 0 0 0 0/2
Lophuromys sikapusi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/3 0 0 0 0/3
Mastomys erythroleucus 0/3 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/6 0 0/2 0/10 0/22
Mastomys natalensis 30/33 54/59 1/1 11/14 4/10 0 0/3 32/32 35/40 13/17 180/209
Mus baoulei 0 0 0 0/2† 0 0 0 0 0 0/3 0/5
Mus mattheyi 1/12† 0/4 0/7 0/21 0 0 0 1/8 0/13 0/24 2/89
Mus minutoides 0 0 0 0 0 0/16 0/7 0 0/5 0/1 0/29
Mus musculoides 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/4 0 0 1/5
Mus setulosus 0 0 0 0 0/1 0 0/4 0 0 0 0/5
Praomys daltoni 0/2 1/5 55/57 51/53 56/57 60/60 55/57 0/4 5/5 29/31 312/331
Praomys tullbergi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/2 0 0 0 0/2
Rattus rattus 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 2/3 0 1/1 0 4/5
Taterillus gracillis 0/12 0 0/2 0/5 0 0 0 0/1 0/9 0 0/29
Uranomys ruddi
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0/1
 0/1
Total 33/65 55/69 56/68 62/100 60/68 61/81 58/94 34/54 43/78 42/87 504/764

*Site names and coordinates: 1 = Natorduori (10°15.49′N 02°37.56′W), 2 = Bowena (09°32.82′N 01°37.95′W), 3 = Teanoba (10°23.70′N 00°21.96′W), 4 = Jirandogo (08°20.83′N 00°20.75′W), 5 = Amomaso (07°07.36′N 02°19.66′W), 6 = Ankaakur (06°10.56′N 01°47.56′W), 7 = Ehiawenwu (06°26.97′ N 00°51.11′ W), 8 = Doninga (10°37.16′N 01°25.31′W), 9 = Mangoase (07°58.11′N 01°39.79′W), 10 = Monkwo (07°40.45′N 00°37.98′W). † rodent with positive PCR for arenavirus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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