Molecular detection of flavivirus in blood serum of rodents captured in Yucatán, Mexico

• Published in: Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú
• Main Authors: Torres-Castro, Marco, Poot-Pérez, Martha, Moguel-Lehmer, Carlos, Reyes-Hernández, Bibiana, Panti-May, Alonso, Noh-Pech, Henry, Hernández-Betancourt, Silvia, Medina-Espinosa, Nicolás, Puerto, Fernando I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria 2017
• Subjects: Rattus rattus; Flavivirus; Yucatan; Mexico; Yucatán; México; Cadena
• Online Access: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/veterinaria/article/view/12053; https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v28i2.12053

The aim of this investigation was to study the presence of flaviviruses in rodents from Yucatan, Mexico, by the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in the semi-nested variant. Ninety rodents were captured (87 Rattus rattus, two Heteromys gaumeri and one Mus musculus), and blood samples were collected. T...