Sin nombre virus in deer mice captured inside homes, southwestern Montana.
From 1996 through 1999, 35 deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were captured in 25 urban and suburban homes in southwestern Montana. Mice were captured throughout the year except for January; seven mice (20%) from seven (28%) of the homes were seropositive for Sin Nombre virus. The infected mice were mostly adult males captured in the spring and fall.
Kuenzi
A J
AJ
Department of Biology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, Montana 59701, USA. akuenzi@mtech.edu
Douglass
R J
RJ
Bond
C W
CW
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009009:Montana / Q000453:epidemiology; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000821:virology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral