Serologic evidence of hantavirus infection in sigmodontine rodents in Mexico.

摘要: Antibodies to hantaviruses in two species of sigmodontine rodents (Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys sumichrasti) collected central Mexico are reported. Peromyscus maniculatus, a common throughout much Mexico, is the reservoir Sin Nombre virus (SNV), etiologic agent great majority cases hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) North America. Although identity detected P. could not be determined by these serologic results, our findings suggest that SNV may occur range If true, failure identify HPS due absence pathogenic Mexico.