Volume 15, Number 12—December 2009
Dispatch
Mopeia Virus–related Arenavirus in Natal Multimammate Mice, Morogoro, Tanzania
Table 2
Prevalence of Morogoro virus and Morogoro virus–specific antibodies in Mastomys natalensis mice from Morogoro University campus, Tanzania
Specimen and year of sampling | No. samples | No. (%) virus positive (PCR) | No. (%) antibody positive* | No. (%) antibody plus virus positive |
---|---|---|---|---|
Serum 2004 | 96 | 1 (1)† | 42 (44) | 0 |
Liver 2004 | 303 | 12 (4)† | – | – |
Serum 2007 | 63 | 4 (6)‡ | 40 (63) | 3 (5)§ |
*By immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) assay, performed with Morogoro virus-infected cells (cut-off 32).
†Testing was performed with universal Old World arenavirus large (L) gene reverse transcription–PCR (9).
‡Testing was performed with Morogoro virus–specific L gene RT-PCR using primers MoroL3359-forward (5′-AGGATTAGTGAGAGAGAGAGTAATTC-3′) and MoroL3753-reverse (5′-ACATCATTGGGCCCCACTTACTATGGTC-3′).
§Titers ranged from 64 to 512.
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