Pygmy rice rat as potential host of Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus.

ABSTRACT: To study the dynamics of wild rodent populations and identify potential hosts for hantavirus, we conducted an eco-epidemiologic study in Campo Novo do Parecis, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. We detected and genetically characterized Castelo dos Sonhos virus found in a species of pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys utiaritensis).

SUBMITTER: Travassos da Rosa ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3381544 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature