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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research

Mammarenaviruses of Rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Antoinette A. Grobbelaar, Jocelyn Jardine1, Felicity J. Burt2, Alasdair J. Shepherd, Susan P. Shepherd, Patricia A. Leman, Alan Kemp, Lawrence E.O. Braack3, Jacqueline WeyerComments to Author , Janusz T. Paweska, and Robert Swanepoel3
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.A. Grobbelaar, J. Jardine, F.J. Burt, A.J. Shepherd, S.P. Shepherd, P.A. Leman, A. Kemp, J. Weyer, J.T. Paweska, R. Swanepoel); South African National Parks Board, Skukuza, South Africa (L.E.O. Braack).

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Figure 4

Locations where samples were collected from Otomys unisulcatus rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe. White circles indicate sites where no antibody to mammarenaviruses was found in O. unisulcatus rat serum specimens; black circles, where antibody was detected in O. unisulcatus rat serum specimens; black triangle, where Omdraaivlei mammarenavirus isolates were obtained from O. unisulcatus rat samples; black diamond, where Merino Walk virus was isolated from O. unisulcatus rat. Shading indicates distribution range of O. unisulcatus rats. Adapted from Chimimba and Bennett (15).

Figure 4. Locations where samples were collected from Otomys unisulcatus rodents, South Africa and Zimbabwe. White circles indicate sites where no antibody to mammarenaviruses was found in O. unisulcatus rat serum specimens; black circles, where antibody was detected in O. unisulcatus rat serum specimens; black triangle, where Omdraaivlei mammarenavirus isolates were obtained from O. unisulcatus rat samples; black diamond, where Merino Walk virus was isolated from O. unisulcatus rat. Shading indicates distribution range of O. unisulcatus rats. Adapted from Chimimba and Bennett (15).

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1Current affiliation: EduVos, Midrand, South Africa.

2Current affiliation: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

3Current affiliation: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

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