| serosurvey of wild rodents for hantaviruses in panama, 2000-2002. | five hundred fifty-six samples representing 24 species of small mammals (two species of marsupials and 22 rodents) were collected in panama between february 2000 and july 2002. the samples were examined for antibodies to hantaviruses by means of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoblot assays. the serologic results indicated that several rodent species might act as hantaviral reservoirs in panama: costa rican pygmy rice rat (oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis), four positive of 72 test ... | 2004 | 15137495 |
| community ecology of small mammal populations in panamá following an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. | in late 1999 and early 2000, an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (hps) occurred in and around los santos, on the azuero peninsula of southwestern panamá. this hps episode, resulting in 22% case fatality, was linked to the costa rican pigmy rice rat, oligoryzomys fulvescens costaricensis, which harbored a then undescribed hantavirus, choclo virus. in addition, cherrie's cane rat, zygodontomys brevicauda cherriei, was identified as carrying a distinct hantavirus, calabazo virus with no kn ... | 2004 | 15266755 |
| outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, los santos, panama, 1999-2000. | an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in the province of los santos, panama, in late 1999 and early 2000. eleven cases were identified; 9 were confirmed by serology. three cases were fatal; however, no confirmed case-patient died. case-neighborhood serologic surveys resulted in an overall hantavirus antibody prevalence of 13% among household and neighborhood members from the outbreak foci. epidemiologic investigations did not suggest person-to-person transmission of hantavirus in ... | 2004 | 15498167 |
| genetic evidence of hantavirus infections in wild rodents from northwestern colombia. | this report builds on recent serological evidence for the presence of hantavirus in northern colombia by providing sequence-specific and phylogenetic data of hantavirus infections in wild rodents. from august 2007 to august 2008, 354 rodent specimens representing four families were collected in the northwestern antioquia region of colombia. antibodies reactive to sin nombre virus and maciel virus antigens by igg enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were found in 15 of 109 (14%) cherries cane rats ( ... | 2011 | 21284514 |
| phylogenetic relationship of necoclí virus to other south american hantaviruses (bunyaviridae: hantavirus). | the results of a previous study suggested that cherrie's cane rat (zygodontomys cherriei) is the principal host of necoclí virus (family bunyaviridae, genus hantavirus) in colombia. bayesian analyses of complete nucleocapsid protein gene sequences and complete glycoprotein precursor gene sequences in this study confirmed that necoclí virus is phylogenetically closely related to maporal virus, which is principally associated with the delicate pygmy rice rat (oligoryzomys delicatus) in western ven ... | 2015 | 26186516 |