Hantaan virus antibody prevalence in rodent populations of several provinces of northeastern Thailand.
We conducted a serological survey of 632 rodents from the northeast region of Thailand in order to assess the presence of Hantaan-like viruses that may be a risk to the human population. Rodents were collected from rice fields, houses and domestic gardens in five northeastern provinces and tested for IgG reacting sera to Hantaan antigen using enzyme-linked immunoassays. The overall prevalence of Hantavirus infection in rodents was 2.1% (13/632). Species that tested positive included Bandicota indica (4.3% positive within species), Rattus exulans (2.1%), R. losea (1.6%) and R. rattus (0.9%). Species such as R. exulans and R. losea are candidate hosts of unidentified Hantaan-like viruses in Thailand.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D018063:Hantaan virus / Q000276:immunology*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009115:Muridae / Q000821:virology*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral