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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
Research Letter

Case of Human Orthohantavirus Infection, Michigan, USA, 2021

Samuel M. Goodfellow, Robert A. Nofchissey, Dustin Arsnoe, Chunyan Ye, Seonghyeon Lee, Jieun Park, Won-Keun Kim, Kartik Chandran, Shannon L.M. Whitmer, John D. Klena, Jonathan W. Dyal, Trevor Shoemaker, Diana Riner, Mary Grace Stobierski, Kimberly Signs, and Steven B. BradfuteComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (S.M. Goodfellow, R.A. Nofchissey, C. Ye, S.B. Bradfute); US Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services–Michigan Program, Okemos, Michigan, USA (D. Arsnoe); Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, South Korea (S. Lee, J. Park, W.-K. Kim); Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA (K. Chandran); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S.L.M. Whitmer, J.D. Klena, J.W. Dyal, T. Shoemaker); Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Lansing, Michigan, USA (D. Riner, M.G. Stobierski, K. Signs)

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Table

Measurements, location, and quantitative PCR results from captured rodents at likely site of patient orthohantavirus exposure, Michigan, USA, 2021*

Sample ID Species 
(common name) Weight, g Total length, mm Tail length, mm Hind foot length, mm Ear size, mm Age/sex Location of capture PCR+ tissue 
(Ct values)
YR-01
 Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)
 13.2
 152
 75
 19.5
 16.5
 Subadult/M
 Garage right front corner
 Kidney (33, 33), BAF (35, 35)
YR-02
 Blarina brevicauda (Northern short-tailed shrew)
 18
 115
 27
 15
 2.5
 Adult/F
 Backyard
 NA
YR-03
 P. leucopus
21
 174
 86
 20.5
 17.5
 Adult/F
 Backyard
 Kidney (39, 39), liver (38, 34)
YR-04
 Tamias striatus (Eastern chipmunk)
 84.5
 221
 75
 33.5
 18
 Adult/F
 Backyard
 NA
YR-05
 T. striatus
 73.5
 222
 85
 36.5
 18
 Adult/M
 Backyard
 NA
YR-06
 P. leucopus
17
 159
 73
 20.5
 17
 Subadult/M
 Porch right back corner
 NA
YR-07
 T. striatus
90
 225
 83
 35
 14.5
 Adult/F
 Neighbor backyard, right side
 NA
YR-08
 T. striatus
91
 224
 83
 35
 19
 Adult/F
 Neighbor backyard, right side
 NA
YR-09
 T. striatus
88
 227
 93
 34
 15
 Adult/F
 Neighbor backyard, right side
 NA
YR-10
 T. striatus
94
 202†
 48†
 36
 18
 Adult/M
 Backyard
 Lung (35, 35)
YR-11
 T. striatus
58
 214
 85
 36
 14
 Subadult/M
 Backyard
 NA
YR-12 T. striatus 49 196 72 37 17 Subadult/M Backyard Lung (39, 39)

*BAF, brown adipose fat; Ct, cycle threshold; ID, identification; PCR+, positive result determined by quantitative reverse transcription PCR. †Bobbed tail.

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