Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 4, Number 1—March 1998
Dispatch

Bayou Virus-Associated Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Eastern Texas: Identification of the Rice Rat, Oryzomys palustris, as Reservoir Host

Norah Torrez-Martinez*, Mausumi Bharadwaj*, Diane Goade*, John Delury†, Peggy Moran*, Bradley Hicks†, Beverlee Nix‡, James L. Davis¶, and Brian Hjelle*
Author affiliations: *University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA; †Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, USA; ‡Texas Department of Health, Houston, Texas, USA; ¶St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Beaumont, Texas, USA.

Main Article

Table

Rodents collected in association with two cases of Bayou virus-hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas, March and October 1996

Species No. specimens collected
(no. seropositive)
No. PCR b
tested
(no. pos.)
Area 1a Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Total
Baiomys taylori 0 0 1(0) 3 (0) 4 (0) 0
Mus musculus 30 (0) 21 (0) 12 (1) 26 (0) 88 (1) 1 (0)
Ochrotomys nuttali 0 0 0 1 (0) 1 (0) 0
Oryzomys palustris 45 (7) 20 (5) 3 (0) 8 (3) 76 (15) 15 (14)
Peromyscus leucopus 0 3 (0) 0 0 3 (0) 0
Rattus norvegicus 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 1 (0) 3 (0) 0
Rattus rattus 21 (0) 8 (0) 0 1 (0) 30 (0) 0
Reithrodontomys fulvescens 0 7 (0) 0 7 (0) 14 (0) 0
Reithrodontomys humulis 1(0) 0 0 2 (0) 3 (0) 0
Sigmodon hispidus 95 (0) 5 (0) 11 (0) 4 (1) 114 (1) 1 (1)

aRefer to Figure 2 for map areas.
bPCR=polymerase chain reaction.

Main Article

Page created: December 14, 2010
Page updated: December 14, 2010
Page reviewed: December 14, 2010
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external