Table 1.
Hantavirus infection in brown rats using a pan-hantavirus RT-PCR assay
| Year | Site and map ID | Site type | Location | Rattus norvegicus collected | Hantavirus positive (%) |
| 2014 | A | Dairy farm | Cheshire | 5 | 0/5 (0)* |
| 2015 | B | Beef farm | Derbyshire | 1 | 0/1 (0)* |
| 2015 | C | Beef farm | Cheshire | 6 | 0/6 (0)* |
| 2015 | D | Smallholding | Denbighshire | 1 | 0/1 (0)* |
| 2015 | E | Urban | Merseyside | 4 | 0/4 (0)* |
| 2015 | F | Residential | Cheshire | 4 | 0/4 (0)* |
| 2015 | G | Pig Farm | North Yorkshire | 16 | 2/16 (12.5) |
| 2015–2016 | H | Pig farm | Cheshire | 10 | 3/10 (30) |
| 2015 | I | Pig farm | East Yorkshire | 1 | 0/1 (0) |
| 2015 | J | Road kill | East Yorkshire | 1 | 1/1 (100) |
| 2015 | K | Pig farm | East Yorkshire | 2 | 0/2 (0) |
| 2015 | L | Pig farm | North Yorkshire | 1 | 1/1 (100) |
| 2015 | M | Pig farm | West Yorkshire | 16 | 6/16 (37.5) |
| Total | 68 | 13/68 (19) |
PCR was performed on lung and kidney tissues except those marked by asterisks.
*Tested using only kidney tissue.