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Volume 14, Number 9—September 2008
Dispatch

Host Range and Genetic Diversity of Arenaviruses in Rodents, United Kingdom

Kim R. Blasdell, Stuart D. Becker, Jane Hurst, Mike Begon, and Malcolm BennettComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK;

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Table 1

Rodent species, numbers tested, seroprevalence, and viral RNA prevalence to LCMV at each UK and Republic of Ireland site*

Site code and year Geographic location Species tested for antibody Species tested for viral RNA
PHF 2004 Cheshire MMu (0/4), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0
PHF 2005 Cheshire MMu (8/26); SP = 30.8
BHF 2004 Cheshire MMu (4/10); SP = 40.0 MMu (2/9), RN (0/2) – 2 sequences
BHF 2005 Cheshire MMu (2/2), RN (0/2); SP = 50.0
BGF Cheshire MMu (0/7), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0
CLF 2004 Cheshire MMu (0/6), RN (0/2); SP = 0.0
CLF 2005 Cheshire MMu (0/12), RN (0/4); SP = 0.0
MF 2002 Cheshire AS (0/10), MG (0/9), MA (0/2), MMu (0/30); SP = 0.0 AS (1/10), MG (0/1), MA (0/1), MMu (2/4) – 3 sequences
MF 2004 Cheshire AS (4/10), MG (0/1), MA (0/1), MMu (2/4); SP = 37.5
CZ 2002 Cheshire AS (0/4), MG (0/4), CL (4/61), MMi (0/22), RN (0/2); SP = 4.3 AS (1/1), CL (0/4), MMi (0/1), MMu (0/1) – 0 sequences
CZ spring 2003 Cheshire AS (0/9), MG (0/3), MA (0/4), MMi (1/3), SP = 5.3
CZ autumn 2003 Cheshire AS (1/18), MG (0/19), MA (0/4), MMu (0/1), SP = 2.9
CZ 2004 Cheshire MMu (1/19), RN (1/12), SP= 3.2
DF Cheshire MMu (1/69), SP = 1.4
MW Cheshire MG (0/105), AS (0/45), SP = 0.0
RH Cheshire MG (0/19), AS (0/49), SP = 0.0
LVFS Cheshire RN (0/2, SC (0/4), SP = 0.0
FA Merseyside MA (0/2), AS (0/24), SP = 0.0
KF Northumberland MA (2/104), SP = 1.9
LI North Devon RN (0/40), SP = 0.0
IOW Isle of Wight SV (1/18), SP = 5.6
TF Thetford SV (1/21), SP = 4.8
CF Cumbria SC (0/10), SV, (0/4), SP = 0.0
NI Northern Ireland AS (1/149), SP = 0.7
CA Republic of Ireland MG (0/15), SP = 0.0
CC Republic of Ireland AS (0/7), SP = 0.0
TW Republic of Ireland AS (0/10), SP = 0.0
Other Various locations RN (1/6), SC (0/1), SV (2/26), SP = NA AS (0/1), MA (0/2), MMu (0/31), RN (0/5), SV (1/4) – 0 sequences
Captive colony Captive colony, Cheshire MMu (30/87), SP = 34.5 MMu (122/403) – 92 sequences

*LCMV, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus; SP, site prevalence (%). Species key: MMu, Mus musculus (house mouse); RN, Rattus norvegicus (brown or Norway rat); AS, Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse); MG, Myodes glareolus (bank vole); MA, Microtus agrestis (field vole); MMi, Micromys minutis (harvest mouse); CL, Cynomys ludovicianus (black-tailed prairie dog); SV, Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel); SC, Sciurus carolensis (gray squirrel); NA, not available. Species containing positive animals are in boldface italics, with number positive and number tested in parentheses.

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