Detection of New World Hantavirus Antibodies in Rodents of Eastern New Mexico, USA

Jessica L Curtis; Matthew T Milholland; Tony Schountz; Ivan Castro-Arellano; Ivana Mali

Detection of New World Hantavirus Antibodies in Rodents of Eastern New Mexico, USA

J Wildl Dis. 2019 Oct;55(4):986-989. Epub 2019 Apr 25.

Authors

Jessica L Curtis¹, Matthew T Milholland^{2

3}, Tony Schountz⁴, Ivan Castro-Arellano⁵, Ivana Mali¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, 1500 S Ave. K, Portales, New Mexico 88130, USA.
² College of Agriculture and Natural Resources-Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, 1433 Animal Sciences/Agricultural Engineering Building, College Park, Maryland 20742-2315, USA.
³ US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, Bldg. 007, Rm. 201, BARC-West 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology, Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Colorado State University, 1692 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
⁵ Department of Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Dr., San Marcos, Texas 78666, USA.

PMID: 31021684

Abstract

Hantaviruses, causal agents of the potentially lethal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, have widely distributed rodent hosts. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, we tested blood from 398 wild rodents captured in eastern New Mexico, US in 2015-17 and found 42 antibody-positive samples representing six genera.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antibodies, Viral / blood*
Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology
Hantavirus Infections / veterinary*
Hantavirus Infections / virology
New Mexico / epidemiology
Orthohantavirus / immunology*
Risk Factors
Rodent Diseases / blood
Rodent Diseases / epidemiology
Rodent Diseases / virology*
Rodentia / blood*
Seasons

Substances

Antibodies, Viral