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Natural host relationships of hantaviruses native to western Venezuela
Mary L Milazzo1, Gloria Duno, Antonio Utrera
1Department of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, USA.
Abstract:
Strains of Caño Delgadito virus (CADV) and Maporal virus (MAPV) were isolated from 25 (8.9%) of the 280 rodents captured on farms in 1997 in western Venezuela. The results of analyses of laboratory and zoographic data indicated that Alston's cotton rat (Sigmodon alstoni) is the principal host of CADV, horizontal virus transmission is the dominant mode of CADV transmission in Alston's cotton rat in nature, a pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys sp.) is the principal host of MAPV, and the natural host relationships of CADV and MAPV are highly specific.
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