| temporal and spatial host abundance and prevalence of andes hantavirus in southern argentina. | andes virus (and) is a hantavirus hosted by the sigmodontine rodent oligoryzomys longicaudatus in southern argentina, where it is responsible for most cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps). our study provides data about the spatial variation in abundance of the rodent host of and hantavirus. we report results of a longitudinal study performed in a locality of the andean region of chubut province. from november 2003 (spring) to july 2006 (winter), o. longicaudatus was the most common speci ... | 2010 | 20645121 |