Geographical distribution and relative risk of Anjozorobe virus (Thailand orthohantavirus) infection in black rats (Rattus rattus) in Madagascar

• Published in: Virology Journal
• Main Authors: Raharinosy, Vololoniaina, Olive, Marie-Marie, Andriamiarimanana, Fehivola Mandanirina, Andriamandimby, Soa Fy, Ravalohery, Jean-Pierre, Andriamamonjy, Seta, Filippone, Claudia, Rakoto, Danielle Aurore Doll, Telfer, Sandra, Heraud, Jean-Michel
• Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being; SDG 15 - Life on Land; Hantavirus; Anjozorobe virus; Thailand orthohantavirus; Rodent; small terrestrial mammals; Risk factors; Madagascar; Africa; QH301 Biology; Wellcome Trust; 081705; 095171; QH301; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2164/10446; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-018-0992-9

Acknowledgements We thank those who facilitated the survey: householders, heads of fokontany, local administration and health authorities from Ministry of Health. We would like to express our gratitude to the staff of the Plague Central Laboratory Unit, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar: Dr. Minoarisoa Rajerison who facilitated this study; Corinne Rahaingosoamamitiana and Soanandrasana Rahelinirina for helping to conduct and organize the field work. We would also like to thank Dr. Fanjasoa Rakotomanana and Dr. Lalaina Arivony Nomenjanahary assistance in the field trips and technical and field support. Funding This work was supported by the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (Internal Project through ZORA: Zoonoses, Rodent and Arboviruses) and Wellcome Trust Fellowships to ST (#081705, #095171). VR was also supported though Girard’s fellowship undergraduate program from the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Peer reviewed