Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Dispatch
Novel Focus of Sin Nombre Virus in Peromyscus eremicus Mice, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
Joseph E. Burns1
, Marco E. Metzger1, Sharon Messenger1, Curtis L. Fritz, Inger-Marie E. Vilcins, Barryett Enge, Lawrence R. Bronson, Vicki L. Kramer, and Renjie Hu
, Marco E. Metzger1, Sharon Messenger1, Curtis L. Fritz, Inger-Marie E. Vilcins, Barryett Enge, Lawrence R. Bronson, Vicki L. Kramer, and Renjie Hu
Table
Sin Nombre virus test results among Peromyscus mouse species, by test type, for sampling conducted in March 2010, April and October 2011, Death Valley National Park, California, USA
| Species |
No. positive/no. tested (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2010 | April 2011* | October 2011 | |||||||
| Seropositive |
RNA positive |
Both |
Seropositive |
Seropositive |
RNA positive |
Both |
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| P. eremicus | 2/32 (6.2) | 0/32 (0) | 11/32 (34.4) | 13/40 (32.5) | 5/28 (17.9) | 6/28 (21.4) | 9/28 (32.1) | ||
| P. maniculatus | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/3 (33.3) | 0/3 (0) | ||
| P. crinitus | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | 0/2 (0%) | ||
*PCR testing was not performed on April 2011 samples.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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