Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
Research Letter
Viral Zoonoses in Small Wild Mammals and Detection of Hantavirus, Spain
Silvia Herrero-Cófreces
, François Mougeot, Tarja Sironen, Hermann Meyer, Ruth Rodríguez-Pastor, and Juan José Luque-Larena
, François Mougeot, Tarja Sironen, Hermann Meyer, Ruth Rodríguez-Pastor, and Juan José Luque-Larena
Table
Prevalence of hantavirus, arenavirus (LCMV), and orthopoxvirus in 4 small mammal species from the Tierra de Campos region, Castilla-y-León, northwest Spain, 2013–2019*
| Species | Common name | Virus | Prevalence |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening method | No. positive/screened | % Positive (95% CI) | |||
| Apodemus sylvaticus | Long-tailed field mouse | LCMV | IFA | 2/34 | 5.9 (0.7–19.7) |
| PCR | 0/2 | Not tested | |||
| Hantavirus | IFA | 0/34 | Not tested | ||
| PCR | Not tested | Not tested | |||
| Orthopoxvirus | IFA | 0/34 | Not tested | ||
| PCR |
Not tested |
Not tested |
|||
| Crocidura russula | Greater white-toothed shrew | LCMV | IFA | 0/7 | Not tested |
| PCR | 1/9 | 11.1 (0.3–48.2) | |||
| Hantavirus | IFA | 0/7 | Not tested | ||
| PCR | 0/9 | Not tested | |||
| Orthopoxvirus | IFA | 0/7 | Not tested | ||
| PCR |
Not tested |
Not tested |
|||
| Microtus arvalis | Common vole | LCMV | IFA | 8/382 | 2.1 (0.9–4.1) |
| PCR | 2/89 | 2.2 (0.3–7.9) | |||
| Hantavirus | IFA | 3/382 | 0.8 (0.2–2.3) | ||
| PCR | 4/62 | 6.5 (1.8–15.7) | |||
| Orthopoxvirus | IFA | 5/382 | 1.3 (0.4–3.0) | ||
| PCR |
0/243 |
Not tested |
|||
| Mus spretus | Western Mediterranean mouse | LCMV | IFA | 0/25 | Not tested |
| PCR | Not tested | Not tested | |||
| Hantavirus | IFA | 0/25 | Not tested | ||
| PCR | Not tested | Not tested | |||
| Orthopoxvirus | IFA | 12/25 | 48.0 (27.8–68.7) | ||
| PCR |
Not tested |
Not tested |
|||
| All hosts | LCMV | All tests | 13/526 | 2.5 (1.3–4.2) | |
| Hantavirus | All tests | 7/458 | 1.5 (0.6–3.1) | ||
| Orthopoxvirus | All tests | 17/510 | 3.3 (2.0–5.3) | ||
*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.
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