1987
EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN BALTIMORE: ISOLATION OF A VIRUS FROM NORWAY RATS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INFECTED RAT POPULATIONS
CHILDS J, KORCH G, GLASS G, LEDUC J, SHAH K. EPIZOOTIOLOGY OF HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN BALTIMORE: ISOLATION OF A VIRUS FROM NORWAY RATS, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF INFECTED RAT POPULATIONS. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1987, 126: 55-68. PMID: 3109236, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114662.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHantavirus infectionGeometric mean titersPrevalence of antibodiesAntibody prevalence ratesAntibody reactivity patternsMonoclonal antibody reactivity patternsAge-related mechanismsMean titersSerologic testsHigh prevalenceInfected ratsPrevalence ratesPresence of ratsRatsInfectionEnzootic natureUrban ratsSix-year periodHuman exposureRat massVirusPrevalenceAntibodiesHantavirusesUnited States
1986
Global survey of antibody to Hantaan-related viruses among peridomestic rodents.
LeDuc J, Smith G, Childs J, Pinheiro F, Maiztegui J, Niklasson B, Antoniades A, Robinson D, Khin M, Shortridge K. Global survey of antibody to Hantaan-related viruses among peridomestic rodents. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 1986, 64: 139-44. PMID: 2425998, PMCID: PMC2490912.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHantaan-like virusNeutralization testHigher antibody prevalence ratesPlaque reduction neutralization testPrevalence of antibodiesReduction neutralization testAntibody prevalence ratesPrototype Hantaan virusHosts of hantavirusesSpecificity of antibodiesAntibody-positive rodentsPrevalence ratesRenal syndromeHaemorrhagic feverImmunofluorescent antibodyPositive seraHantaan virusPeridomestic rodentsSerological surveyRodent seraAntibodiesHantaanSerumCausative agentVirus