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Pet Rodents and Fatal Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in Transplant Patients

Brian R. Amman*¹

, Boris I. Pavlin*¹², Cesar G. Albariño*, James A. Comer*, Bobbie R. Erickson*, Jennifer B. Oliver*, Tara K. Sealy*, Martin J. Vincent*, Stuart T. Nichol*, Christopher D. Paddock*, Abbigail J. Tumpey*, Kent D. Wagoner*³, R. David Glauer†, Kathleen A. Smith‡, Kim A. Winpisinger‡, Melody S. Parsely§, Phil Wyrick¶, Christopher H. Hannafin#, Utpala Bandy**, Sherif Zaki*, Pierre E. Rollin*, and Thomas G. Ksiazek*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †Ohio Department of Agriculture, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USA; ‡Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio, USA; §Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; ¶Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA; #Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; **Rhode Island Department of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;

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Results of laboratory testing on the index hamster and traceback rodents associated with organ transplantation transmission of LCMV*

Rodent†	IFA	ELISA	IHC	RT-PCR/ TaqMan	Virus isolation	Sequence (L gene)
Index hamster	ND	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	232 bp
Pet store hamster 1	Pos	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	232 bp
Pet store hamster 2	Neg	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	232 bp
Pet store guinea pig 1	ND	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	232 bp
Ohio hamster 1	Pos	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	232 bp
Ohio Hamster 2	Pos	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	NA
Ohio hamster 3	Pos	Neg	ND	Neg	Neg	NA
Ohio hamster 4	Neg	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos	NA
Ohio hamster 5	Neg	Neg	Neg	ND	Pos	NA

*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; IFA, immunofluorescent antibody assay; IHC, immunohistochemistry; RT-PCR, reverse transcription–PCR; ND, no data; Neg, negative; Pos, positive; NA, no amplification (could not get traditional PCR primers to amplify, for sequencing).
†The table includes only those rodents that tested positive with ≥1 test.

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¹These authors contributed equally to this article.

²Current affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

³Current affiliation: Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA

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Pet Rodents and Fatal Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis in Transplant Patients

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