Table 2. Hantavirus-seropositive rodents found in the different geographic areas where captures were performed.
| Sample | Rodent species | Geographic area | Habitat | Antibody titer (arbitrary units) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U89a |
Oligoryzomys flavescens
|
Puntas de Valdéz (San
José) |
Road border |
1,600 |
|
| SA63a |
O. flavescens
|
Sauce (Canelones) |
Peridomestic |
1,600 |
|
| Ce20a |
O. flavescens
|
Melilla (Montevideo) |
Peridomestic |
>6,400 |
|
| Ce22a |
O. flavescens
|
Melilla (Montevideo) |
Shrublands |
1,600 |
|
| Ce155a | O. flavescens | Cerrillos (Canelones) | Shrublands | 400 | |
aSpecimens deposited at the Specimen Collection of the Sección Zoología Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay with the following numbers: U89=ZVC-M2154, SA63=ZVC-M2155, Ce20=ZVC-M2156, Ce22=ZVC-M2157, and Ce155=ZVC-M2158.