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Volume 19, Number 12—December 2013
Dispatch

Powassan Virus in Mammals, Alaska and New Mexico, USA, and Russia, 2004–2007

Eleanor R. DeardorffComments to Author , Robert A. Nofchissey, Joseph A. Cook, Andrew G. Hope, Albina Tsvetkova, Sandra L. Talbot, and Gregory D. Ebel
Author affiliations: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (E.R. Deardorff, R.A. Nofchissey, J.A. Cook); U S Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (A.G. Hope, S.L. Talbot); Institute of Biology, Moscow, Russia (A. Tsvetkova); Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (G.D. Ebel)

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Table 1

Powassan virus seroprevalence in mammals captured in eastern Russia (Siberia), Alaska, and the southwestern United States*

Region Species Common name No. positive/no. tested (%) 95% CI
Siberia, Russia
Lepus timidus Mountain hare 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Microtus gregalis Narrow-headed vole 0/2 (0) 0–65.76
Microtus oeconomus Tundra vole 0/12 (0) 0–24.25
Mustela erminea Stoat 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Myodes rufocanus Gray red-backed vole 0/6 (0) 0–39.03
Myodes rutilus Northern red-backed vole 6/79 (7.6) 3.52–15.59
Myopus schisticolor Wood lemming 0/2 (0) 0–65.76
Sciurus vulgaris Tuft-eared squirrel 0/2 (0) 0–65.76
Spermophilus undulatus Long-tailed ground squirrel 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Tamias sibiricus Siberian chipmunk 0/5 (0) 0–43.45
Total NA NA 6/111 (5.4) NA
Central Alaska
Microtus oeconomus Tundra vole 0/5 (0) 0–43.45
Mustela vison American mink 0/2 (0) 0–65.76
Myodes rutilus Northern red-backed vole 14/243 (5.8) 3.46–9.44
Sorex cinereus Cinereus shrew 0/8 (0) 0–32.44
Sorex hoyi Pygmy shrew 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Sorex monticolus Montane shrew 0/6 (0) 0–39.03
Sorex tundrensis Tundra shrew 0/2 (0) 0–65.76
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Red squirrel 0/3 (0) 0–56.15
Southern Alaska
Myodes gapperi Southern red-backed vole 6/89 (6.7) 3.13–13.93
Total NA NA 20/359 (5.6) NA
Southwestern USA
Dipodomys merriami Merriam's kangaroo rat 0/15 (0) 0–20.39
Dipodomys ordii Ord's kangaroo rat 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Mus musculus House mouse 0/4 (0) 0–48.99
Neotoma albigula White-throated woodrat 0/10 (0) 0–27.75
Neotoma cinerea Bushy-tailed woodrat 0/4 (0) 0–48.99
Notiosorex crawfordi Desert shrew 0/1 (0) 0–79.35
Onychomys arenicola Mearn's grasshopper mouse 0/14 (0) 0–21.53
Perognathus flavus Silky pocket mouse 0/3 (0) 0–56.15
Peromyscus boylii Brush mouse 0/6 (0) 0–39.03
Peromyscus eremicus Cactus mouse 0/19 (0) 0–16.82
Peromyscus maniculatus Deer mouse 2/33 (6.0) 1.68–19.61
Peromyscus leucopus White-footed mouse 0/22 (0) 0–14.87
Peromyscus truei Piñon mouse 2/9 (22.2) 6.32–54.74
Sigmodon hispidus Hispid cotton rat 0/3 (0) 0–56.15
TotalSubtotal NA NA 4/144 (2.8) NA

*NA, not applicable.

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