| 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 |
| [population ecology of the mouse peromyscus mexicanus (rodentia: muridae) in poas volcano national park, costa rica]. | the mexican deer mouse has been reported as an abundant wild mouse in costa rica; nevertheless, it has not been studied as well as other peromyscus species. thirty sherman traps were placed on three habitats during six consecutive days of each month, from march 2002 through april 2003 in three sites of pods volcano national park, costa rica. a total of 2 393 mice were captured. other species such as reithrodontomys creper, r. rodriguezi, scotinomys teguina and oryzomys devius (muridae) were also ... | 2007 | 19086405 |
| diverse beta- and gammaherpesviruses in neotropical rodents from costa rica. | neotropical wild rodents from costa rica were analyzed for the presence of herpesviruses (order herpesvirales, family herpesviridae). using a broadly generic pcr, herpesvirus sequences were detected in 5% (8/160) of liver and heart samples: seven putative gammaherpesviruses in samples from talamancan oryzomys (nephelomys devius), sprightly colilargo (oligoryzomys vegetus), mexican deer mouse (peromyscus nudipes), and chiriqui harvest mouse (reithrodontomys creper) and one putative betaherpesviru ... | 2019 | 30694725 |