TY - JOUR
T1 - Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana
AU - Kronmann, Karl C.
AU - Nimo-Paintsil, Shirley
AU - Guirguis, Fady
AU - Kronmann, Lisha C.
AU - Bonney, Kofi
AU - Obiri-Danso, Kwasi
AU - Ampofo, William
AU - Fichet-Calvet, Elisabeth
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - Two arenaviruses were detected in pygmy mice (Mus spp.) by screening 764 small mammals in Ghana. The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis), the known Lassa virus reservoir, was the dominant indoor rodent species in 4 of 10 sites, and accounted for 27% of all captured rodents. No rodent captured indoors tested positive for an arenavirus.
AB - Two arenaviruses were detected in pygmy mice (Mus spp.) by screening 764 small mammals in Ghana. The Natal multimammate mouse (Mastomys natalensis), the known Lassa virus reservoir, was the dominant indoor rodent species in 4 of 10 sites, and accounted for 27% of all captured rodents. No rodent captured indoors tested positive for an arenavirus.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1911.121491
DO - 10.3201/eid1911.121491
M3 - Article
C2 - 24188212
AN - SCOPUS:84886994218
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 19
SP - 1832
EP - 1835
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 11
ER -