Survey for Antibody to Hantaviruses in Tamaulipas, Mexico
Por:
Castro-Arellano I., Suzán G., Leoon, RF, Jiménez R.M., Lacher Jr. T.E.
Publicada:
1 ene 2009
Resumen:
Wild rodents (n=248) were trapped in two ecologically distinct sites at El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, during the summer of 2003. Samples from 199 individuals were tested for Hantavirus antibodies by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Hanatavirus antibodies to recombinant Sin Nombre virus nucleocapsid protein were found in seven rodents (3.5%) of a single species, Peromyscus levipes. Antibody-positive rodents were found only in the Cloud Forest site, which had lower rodent species diversity, than the Tropical Subdecidous Forest site. Although the identity of the virus hi P. levipes remains to he determined, our study provides further evidence that Hantavirus antibody positive individuals are prevalent in the rodent fauma of Mexico, This is the first survey for Hantavirus antibodies in the rodent. fauma of Tamaulipas and the first report of P. levipes as a potential host for a Hantavirus.
Filiaciones:
Castro-Arellano I.:
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas AandM University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, United States
Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-4210, United States
Suzán G.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Dept Etol & Fauna Silvestre, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Jiménez R.M.:
Departamento de Enfermedades Emergentes, Instituto de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos, Secretaria de Salud, Sto. Tomás 11340, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lacher Jr. T.E.:
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas AandM University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, United States
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, 22202, United States
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