TY - JOUR
T1 - Serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in Panama, 2000-2002
AU - Salazar-Bravo, Jorge
AU - Armién, Blas
AU - Suzaán, Gerardo
AU - Armién, Anibal
AU - Ruedas, Luis A.
AU - Avila, Mario
AU - Zaldívar, Yamizel
AU - Pascale, Juan M.
AU - Gracia, Fernando
AU - Yates, Terry L.
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - Five hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in Panama between February 2000 and July 2002. The samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzymelinked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. The serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in Panama: Costa Rican pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 tested (5.6%); Cherrie's cane rat (Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei), five of 108 (4.6%); Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus), one of 22 (5%); Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus), one of seven (14%); Chiriquí harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys creper), one of two (50%); and Sumichrast's harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys sumichrasti), three of four (75%). Hantavirus infection in Peromyscus mexicanus and the three species of Reithrodontomys was caused by Rio Segundo hantavirus, a species of virus not previously reported from Panama. At least three hantaviruses, therefore, are known to infeet populations of wild rodents in the country. However, given the total number of animals tested, the role of these rodent species in the epidemiology and epizootiology of hantavirus infections remains unclear.
AB - Five hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in Panama between February 2000 and July 2002. The samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzymelinked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. The serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in Panama: Costa Rican pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 tested (5.6%); Cherrie's cane rat (Zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei), five of 108 (4.6%); Mexican deer mouse (Peromyscus mexicanus), one of 22 (5%); Mexican harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys mexicanus), one of seven (14%); Chiriquí harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys creper), one of two (50%); and Sumichrast's harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys sumichrasti), three of four (75%). Hantavirus infection in Peromyscus mexicanus and the three species of Reithrodontomys was caused by Rio Segundo hantavirus, a species of virus not previously reported from Panama. At least three hantaviruses, therefore, are known to infeet populations of wild rodents in the country. However, given the total number of animals tested, the role of these rodent species in the epidemiology and epizootiology of hantavirus infections remains unclear.
KW - Hantavirus
KW - Heteromyidae
KW - Muridae
KW - Panama
KW - Seroprevalence
KW - Sigmodontinae
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=3042534560&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.103
DO - 10.7589/0090-3558-40.1.103
M3 - Article
C2 - 15137495
AN - SCOPUS:3042534560
SN - 0090-3558
VL - 40
SP - 103
EP - 109
JO - Journal of wildlife diseases
JF - Journal of wildlife diseases
IS - 1
ER -