Summer-autumn distribution and abundance of the hantavirus host, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, in northwestern Chubut, Argentina

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1559-1568

  Andreo, Verónica ^a,b   Provensal, Cecilia ^b   Levis, Silvana ^c   Pini, Noemí ^c   Enría, Delia ^c   Polop, Jaime ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas Dr Julio I Maiztegui   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes virus; Argentina; hantavirus; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUBLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE; VIRAL DISEASE; WEATHER STATION;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; PATAGONIA;

ANDES VIRUS; AUSTROCEDRUS; HANTAVIRUS; MUS; NOTHOFAGUS; OLIGORYZOMYS LONGICAUDATUS; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84871210510     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-201.1     Document Type: Article

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