Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana

dc.contributor.author	Kronmann, K.C.
dc.contributor.author	Nimo-Paintsil, S.
dc.contributor.author	Guirguis, F.
dc.contributor.author	Kronmann, L.C.
dc.contributor.author	Bonney, K.
dc.contributor.author	Obiri-Danso, K.
dc.contributor.author	Ampofo, W.
dc.contributor.author	Fichet-Calvet, E.
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-05T09:22:13Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-05T09:22:13Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.other	10.3201/eid1911.121491
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/26182
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Emerging Infectious Diseases	en_US
dc.subject	arenaviruses	en_US
dc.subject	pygmy mice	en_US
dc.subject	Mastomys natalensis	en_US
dc.subject	Lassa virus	en_US
dc.title	Two novel arenaviruses detected in pygmy mice, Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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