title: Population dynamics of the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Sin Nombre virus, California Channel Islands.
abstract: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, first documented in 1993, is caused by Sin Nombre virus (SNV), which is carried by the Peromyscus species. In 1994, high SNV antibody prevalence was identified in deer mice from two California Channel Islands. We sampled two locations on three islands to estimate mouse population density and SNV prevalence. Population flux and SNV prevalence appear to vary independently.
authors.affiliation: USGS, Biological Resources Division, Moab, Utah, USA.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chomel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018804:Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology*; D011157:Population Dynamics
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral