Study of hantavirus infection in captive breed colonies of wild rodents

Wild sigmondontine rodents are known to be the reservoir of several serotypes of New World hantaviruses. The mechanism of viral transmission is by aerosol inhalation of the excreta from infected rodents. Considering that the captive breed colonies of various wild mammals may present a potencial risk...

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Main Authors: RC Oliveira, T Rozental, AA Alves-Corrêa, PS D'Andrea, HG Schatzmayr, R Cerqueira, ERS Lemos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2004-10-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000600007