TY - JOUR AU - Herrero-Cófreces, Silvia AU - Mougeot, François AU - Sironen, Tarja AU - Meyer, Hermann AU - Rodríguez-Pastor, Ruth AU - Luque-Larena, Juan José T1 - Viral Zoonoses in Small Wild Mammals and Detection of Hantavirus, Spain T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 6 SP - 1294 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We screened 526 wild small mammals for zoonotic viruses in northwest Spain and found hantavirus in common voles (Microtus arvalis) (1.5%) and high prevalence (48%) of orthopoxvirus among western Mediterranean mice (Mus spretus). We also detected arenavirus among small mammals. These findings suggest novel risks for viral transmission in the region. KW - hantavirus KW - Apodemus sylvaticus KW - arenavirus KW - zoonoses KW - Microtus arvalis KW - Mus spretus KW - poxvirus KW - rodent-borne viruses KW - serologic screening KW - viruses KW - Spain KW - vector-borne infections DO - 10.3201/eid2806.212508 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/6/21-2508_article ER - End of Reference