We screened blood samples from 560 wild rodents collected in southeastern Brazil for antibodies to a recombinant nucleoprotein (rN) of Junín virus. Six rodents were antibody positive (1.1%), demonstrating evidence of infection with mammarenaviruses in several species of Brazilian rodents.
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1 July 2016
Serologic Evidence of Mammarenaviruses among Wild Rodents in Brazil
Gilberto Sabino-Santos,
Felipe G. M. Maia,
Colleen B. Jonsson,
Douglas G. Goodin,
Jorge Salazar-Bravo,
Luiz Tadeu M. Figueiredo
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 52 • No. 3
July 2016
Vol. 52 • No. 3
July 2016