Reservoire Potential of Natural Hosts of Hantaviruses within a Framework of Epizootic Process in the Ecosystems of Primorskiy Krai
T. V. KUSHNAREVA, R. A. SLONOVA
Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, SB RAMS, 690087, Vladivostok, Sel’skaya str., 1
Keywords: rodents, hantaviruses, Primorskiy Krai
Abstract
Dynamics of reservoire potential (RP) and index of reservoir potential (IRP) of natural hosts of hantaviruses in the ecosystems of Primorskiy Krai was studied (from 2001 to 2010). Long-term average annual IRP for mice of genus Apodemus in the common reservoire potential amounted to 0,83, and IRP for A. peninsuale was 2 times higher than for A. agrarius ( t = 2,636; n = 18; р = 0,017). Predictive indices of a possible spreading of hantavirus infections on the territory of Primorskiy Krai were also denoted.
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