Wild Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) as Sentinels of Rodent-borne Hantavirus and Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in the Province of Soria, Northern Spain
Authors
Lledó García, María Lourdes; Serrano, Jose Luis; Giménez Pardo, Consuelo; Gegúndez Cámara, María IsabelIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59689DOI: 10.7589/2019-09-239
ISSN: 0090-3558
Date
2020-07Bibliographic citation
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2020, v. 56, n. 3 , p. 658-661
Keywords
Animal sentinel
epidemiology
hantaviruses
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
© Wildlife Disease Association 2020
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Abstract
Three hundred and fourteen red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the province of Soria, Spain, were examined for hantavirus and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection (and were likely to have been infected by feeding on infected rodents). Immunofluorescence and western blot assays confirmed 3.5% (11/314) to have antibodies to hantaviruses, and the immune fluorescence assay showed 2.2% (7/314) to have antibodies to LCMV. The serologic status of the animals showed no statistically significant association with sex or age. Although studies on the prevalence of hantaviruses and LCMV normally focus on rodents, our results showed that foxes can provide complementary information in determined areas.
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