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Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025
Research Letter

Bayou Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome, Louisiana, USA, 2022–2023

Emma Ortega, Sean Simonson, Elizabeth Shedroff, Shannon WhitmerComments to Author , Amy Whitesell, Mary J. Choi, Trevor Shoemaker, Joel M. Montgomery, John D. Klena, Joseph Hennig, and Theresa Sokol
Author affiliation: Louisiana Department of Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (E. Ortega, S. Simonson, T. Sokol); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (E. Shedroff, S. Whitmer, A. Whitesell, M.J. Choi, T. Shoemaker, J.M. Montgomery, J.D. Klena); Louisiana State University, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA (J. Hennig)

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Table

Most common New World hantaviruses known to cause hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome and the associated rodent reservoir, United States

Virus Rodent reservoir
Bayou Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris)
Black Creek Canal Cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
Monongahela Deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)
New York White-footed mouse (P. leucopus)
Sin Nombre Deer mouse (P. maniculatus)

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