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Genomic Analysis of Sin Nombre Virus Sequences, Northwestern United States, 2023
Grant Rickard
1, Ricardo Rivero
1, A. Catherine Grady, Jennifer Horton, Cody J. Lauritsen, Stephen Fawcett, Samuel M. Goodfellow, Hanna N. Oltean, M. Pilar Fernandez, and Stephanie N. Seifert
Author affiliation: University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA (G. Rickard); Washington State University Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, Pullman, Washington, USA (G. Rickard, R. Rivero, A.C. Grady, J. Horton, C.J. Lauritsen, S. Fawcett, M.P. Fernandez, S.N. Seifert); Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (S.M. Goodfellow); Washington State Department of Health Zoonotic and Vector-borne Disease Program, Tumwater, Washington (H.N. Oltean)
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Figure 1. Locations of successful unique rodent sampling grids, by location type, in a study of Sin Nombre virus in rodent species sampled from farms and natural sites, Palouse region, eastern Washington and western Idaho, USA, 2023. Inset map indicates location of study area relative to rest of United States. Basemap generated in Sentinel-2 Cloudless (EOX IT Services, https://eox.at). State boundary based on US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files (https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/carto-boundary-file.html).
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