Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in Michigan

Erik S Foster; Kimberly A Signs; David R Marks; Hema Kapoor; Margaret Casey; Mary Grace Stobierski; Edward D Walker

doi:10.3201/eid1205.050794

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis in Michigan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 May;12(5):851-3. doi: 10.3201/eid1205.050794.

Authors

Erik S Foster¹, Kimberly A Signs, David R Marks, Hema Kapoor, Margaret Casey, Mary Grace Stobierski, Edward D Walker

Affiliation

¹ Communicable Disease Division, Michigan Department of Community Health, 201 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48913, USA. [email protected]

Abstract

We summarize the first reported case of acquired lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection in Michigan to be investigated by public health authorities and provide evidence of the focal nature of LCMV infection in domestic rodents. Results of serologic and virologic testing in rodents contrasted, and negative serologic test results should be confirmed by tissue testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Domestic / virology
Animals, Wild / virology
Disease Reservoirs / veterinary
Disease Reservoirs / virology
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
Female
Humans
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / diagnosis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / epidemiology*
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis / transmission
Michigan / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Rodentia / virology*