Abstract
We screened blood samples from 560 wild rodents collected in southeastern Brazil for antibodies to a recombinant nucleoprotein (rN) of Junín virus. Six rodents were antibody positive (1.1%), demonstrating evidence of infection with mammarenaviruses in several species of Brazilian rodents.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Animals, Wild
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Arenaviridae / classification*
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Arenaviridae Infections / epidemiology
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Arenaviridae Infections / veterinary*
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Arenaviridae Infections / virology
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Brazil / epidemiology
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Rodentia / virology*
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Seroepidemiologic Studies