Ecology of Hantaan virus at Twin Bridges Training Area, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2005-2007

J Vector Ecol. 2009 Dec;34(2):225-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2009.00030.x.

Abstract

The Twin Bridges Training Area (TBTA) in the Republic of Korea consists of dirt roads, barren training areas, and forested hillsides adjacent to linear and broad expanses of tall grasses, herbaceous, and scrub vegetation. Of the six species of small mammals, the striped field mouse, Apodemus agrarius, was the most frequently captured (96.1%). Apodemus agrarius capture rates varied from 17.7 to 33.2% during three trapping periods. Gravid females were observed during November-December 2006 (8.4%) and March 2007 (5.1%). In 2005, the overall seroprevalence of Hantaan virus (HTNV) was high (34.4%) and lower during surveys in 2006 (14.2%) and 2007 (13.8%). Seroprevalence was directly correlated with weight increase of A. agrarius.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Biodiversity
  • Disease Vectors
  • Female
  • Hantaan virus / genetics
  • Hantaan virus / immunology
  • Hantaan virus / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Murinae / immunology
  • Murinae / virology*
  • Republic of Korea

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral