Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Dispatch
Pathogenic Hantaviruses, Northeastern Argentina and Eastern Paraguay
Table 1
Sigmodontine rodents captured and surveyed for antibodies to Andes hantavirus and viral RNA, northeast Argentina and eastern Paraguay*
Location | Period | Species | No. | Seropositive rodents, no (%) | RT-PCR– positive rodents |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Caaguazu, Paraguay | Spring 2000 | Akodon sp. | 1 | 0 | |
Calomys callosus | 1 | 0 | |||
Caaguazu, Paraguay | Summer 2001 | Holochilus brasiliensis | 4 | 0 | |
C. callosus | 1 | 0 | |||
Central Paraguay | Summer 2001 | Oryzomys buccinatus | 2 | 0 | |
Reserve Limoy, Paraguay | Winter 2001 | A. cursor | 7 | 1 (14.3) | 1 |
C. callosus | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Caaguazu, Paraguay | Spring 2001 | A. cursor | 8 | 0 | |
A. nigrita | 1 | 0 | |||
Reserve Limoy, Paraguay | Summer 2002 | A. cursor | 5 | 0 | |
Leandro N. Alem, Misiones, Argentina | Autumn 2004 | Oligoryzomys sp. | 9 | 0 | |
A. cursor | 3 | 0 | |||
O. nigripes | 1 | 0 | |||
O. flavescens | 1 | 0 | |||
H. brasiliensis | 1 | 0 | |||
Santa Ana Misiones, Argentina | Winter 2005 | O. nigripes | 28 | 3 (10.7) | 3 |
A. montensis | 8 | ||||
O. flavescens | 1 | ||||
Leandro N. Alem, Misiones, Argentina | Winter 2005 | O. nigripes | 14 | 2 (14.3) | 2 |
A. montensis | 3 | 0 | |||
O. flavescens | 3 | 0 | |||
C. laucha | 2 | 0 |
*RT, reverse transcription.