Serologic Evidence of Mammarenaviruses among Wild Rodents in Brazil
Gilberto Sabino-Santos1, Felipe G M Maia1,2, Colleen B Jonsson3
11 Center for Virology Research, School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14049-900, Brazil;
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|June 18, 2016
Abstract:
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.


