Volume 17, Number 12—December 2011
Research
Transmission of Guanarito and Pirital Viruses among Wild Rodents, Venezuela
Table 4
Isolation of arenaviruses from 64 short-tailed cane mice (Zygodontomys brevicauda) and 57 Alston’s cotton rats (Sigmodon alstoni) captured on Hato Maporal, municipality of Guanarito, Portuguesa State, Venezuela, February 1997
No. |
Sample* |
Antibody status |
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Throat swab |
Lung |
Spleen |
Kidney |
Urine |
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Cane mice† | ||||||
3 | – | + | – | – | – | – |
5 | – | – | + | – | – | – |
6 | – | + | + | + | + | – |
– | – | + | + | + | – | |
1 | + | – | + | + | + | – |
2 | + | + | + | + | + | – |
2 | + | + | + | + | + | + |
2 | + | – | + | + | + | + |
6 | – | – | + | + | + | + |
1 | – | – | + | + | – | + |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | + |
33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cotton rats‡ | ||||||
2 | – | – | + | – | – | – |
4 | – | + | + | + | – | – |
21 | – | + | + | + | + | – |
9 | + | + | + | + | + | – |
1 | – | – | + | – | – | + |
20 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
*–, negative; +, positive.
†The arenaviruses isolated from the cane mice were strains of Guanarito virus.
‡The arenavirus isolated from cotton rat FHV-4149 was a strain of Guanarito virus. The arenaviruses isolated from the 36 other culture-positive cotton rats were strains of Pirital virus.