Table 1.
Prevalence of Anti-Hantavirus Antibody in 1503 Cricetid Rodents Captured in Texas in 2001–2012, By County
| Speciesa,b | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Patt | Pboy | Plac | Pleu | Rmeg | Shis | Otherc | Totalb |
| Dimmit | 4/155 | 0/91 | 0/220 | 4/466 | ||||
| Donley | 0/16 | 8/27 | 0/3 | 0/7 | 0/32 | 8/85 | ||
| Hall | 3/23 | 0/1 | 0/10 | 3/34 | ||||
| Jeff Davis | 1/25 | 1/5 | 0/5 | 2/35 | ||||
| Johnson | 1/2 | 1/2 | ||||||
| Kerr | 14/99 | 0/15 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 14/117 | |||
| Kimble | 0/59 | 0/101 | 0/1 | 0/20 | 0/181 | |||
| La Salle | 0/139 | 0/40 | 0/135 | 0/314 | ||||
| Lubbock | 5/39 | 5/159 | 1/60d | 11/258 | ||||
| Lynn | 1/10 | 0/1 | 1/11 | |||||
| Total | 14/174 | 1/25 | 1/118 | 15/347 | 6/47 | 6/328 | 1/464 | 44/1503 |
Patt, Peromyscus attwateri; Pboy, P. boylii; Plac, P. laceianus (formerly recognized as Peromyscus pectoralis—Bradley et al. 2015); Pleu, P. leucopus; Rmeg, Reithrodontomys megalotis; Shis, Sigmodon hispidus; Other—Baiomys taylori (n = 11), Neotoma leucodon (n = 1), N. mexicana (n = 1), N. micropus (n = 306), Onychomys leucogaster (n = 27), P. maniculatus (n = 56), R. fulvescens (n = 57), R. montanus (n = 1), and S. ochrognathus (n = 4).
Number positive/number tested for anti-hantavirus IgG.
Dimmit—B. taylori (n = 2), N. micropus (n = 183), O. leucogaster (n = 8), R. fulvescens (n = 27); Donley—B. taylori (n = 1), N. micropus (n = 19), O. leucogaster (n = 2), P. maniculatus (n = 7), R. fulvescens (n = 2), R. montanensis (n = 1); Hall—B. taylori (n = 8), P. maniculatus (n = 1), R. fulvescens (n = 1); Jeff Davis—N. mexicana (n = 1), S. ochrognathus (n = 4); Kerr—N. leucodon (n = 1); La Salle—N. micropus (n = 104), O. leucogaster (n = 16), R. fulvescens (n = 15); Lubbock—P. maniculatus (n = 48), R. fulvescens (n = 12); and Lynn—O. leucogaster (n = 1).
One (2.1%) of the 48 deer mice (P. maniculatus) from Lubbock County was positive for anti-hantavirus antibody.