2000
Dual captures of Colorado rodents: implications for transmission of hantaviruses.
Calisher C, Childs J, Sweeney W, Canestrop K, Beaty B. Dual captures of Colorado rodents: implications for transmission of hantaviruses. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000, 6: 363-369. PMID: 10970147, PMCID: PMC2640883, DOI: 10.3201/eid0604.000406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmission of hantavirusesSin Nombre virusNombre virusLongitudinal studyRodentsSpecies-specific social behaviorsDual captureHantavirusesPrevious studies
1995
Guidelines for Working with Rodents Potentially Infected with Hantavirus
Mills J, Yates T, Childs J, Parmenter R, Ksiazek T, Rollin P, Peters C. Guidelines for Working with Rodents Potentially Infected with Hantavirus. Journal Of Mammalogy 1995, 76: 716-722. DOI: 10.2307/1382742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh morbidityHantavirus pulmonary syndromeRisk of infectionTransmission of hantavirusesDecontamination of instrumentsPulmonary syndromeUse of disinfectantsPrecautionary testingShipment of samplesRespiratory protectionMorbidityHantavirusesMortalityRodentsSpecific guidelinesWild rodentsInfectious wasteReservoir speciesSpecial considerationSpecial precautionsGuidelinesSyndromeNecropsyInfection
1987
Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland.
Childs J, Glass G, Korch G, LeDuc J. Prospective seroepidemiology of hantaviruses and population dynamics of small mammal communities of Baltimore, Maryland. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1987, 37: 648-62. PMID: 2891308, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1987.37.648.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh IFA titersProspective seroepidemiological studyIndirect fluorescent antibody titersFluorescent antibody titersEvidence of transmissionTransmission of hantavirusesIndividual blood samplesAntibody titersSeroepidemiological studyIncidence rateAntibody prevalenceBlood samplesIFA titersMean incidenceRatsVirus transmissionHantavirusesMature animalsWhite-footed miceMiceTitersMonthsRodents