BLACK CREEK CANAL VIRUS INFECTION IN SIGMODON HISPIDUS IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA

• Main Authors: Gregory E. Glass, Walter Livingstone, James N. Mills, W. Gary Hlady, Joshua B. Fine, William Biggler, Trevor Coke, Dwight Frazier, Stephanie Atherley, Pierre E. Rollin, Thomas G. Ksiazek, C. J. Peters, James, E. Childs
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sin Nombre; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.557.5087; http://www.ajtmh.org/content/59/5/699.full.pdf

Abstract. A total of 1,500 small mammals were collected and tested for antibodies cross-reactive to Sin Nombre virus (Hantavirus: Bunyaviridae) at 89 sites in a 1,600 km2 study area of southern Florida. More than 95 % of the 123 seropositive animals were cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus), suggesting i...