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Am J Trop Med Hyg 1993 Aug;49(2):227-35.

Field studies on the epidemiology of Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever: implication of the cotton rat Sigmodon alstoni as the probable rodent reservoir.

Tesh RB, Wilson ML, Salas R, De Manzione NM, Tovar D, Ksiazek TG, Peters CJ

Yale Arbovirus Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

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Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 1835

Cause and Effect Analysis Interspecies susceptibility data Shared exposures with humans Shared outcomes with humans Gene sequence data
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Study type N Routes Sampling Controls Timing
cross sectional 447 ingestion, mucocutaneous, inhalation exposure yes concurrent
Exposures Guanarito virus
Outcomes Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral
Species Didelphis marsupialis
Guaira spiny rat
Holochilus brasiliensis
Human
Marmosa robinsoni
Rodentia
roof rat
Sigmodon alstoni
Locations
Venezuela Portuguesa La Arenosa (populated place)
La Hoyada (populated place)
Palmarito (populated place)
Pirital (populated place)

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