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  • Title: Hantaan virus antibody prevalence in rodent populations of several provinces of northeastern Thailand.
    Author: Nitatpattana N, Henrich T, Palabodeewat S, Tangkanakul W, Poonsuksombat D, Chauvancy G, Barbazan P, Yoksan S, Gonzalez JP.
    Journal: Trop Med Int Health; 2002 Oct; 7(10):840-5. PubMed ID: 12358618.
    Abstract:
    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.
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