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. 2020 Nov 18;17(3):345–358. doi: 10.1007/s10393-020-01499-4

Table 3.

Summary of Virus Detected by Species, Specimen Type, and Settlement Site

Virus family, virus
(# of animal species,
season sampled)
No. of positive / No. of tested specimens Settlement sites
(urban or peri-urban)
No. of oral
swabs tested
No. of rectal
swabs tested
Total specimens testeda
Hantavirus

Thottapalayam virusc

(1 Suncus murinus,

dry season)

0.24% (1/410) 0% (0/154) 0.18% (1/560) Site-1 (peri-urban)b
Coronavirus

Murine coronavirusd

(2 Mus musculus,

dry season)

0.49% (2/410) 0% (0/154) 0.36% (2/560)

Site-4 (urban) &

Site-1 (peri-urban)b

Paramyxovirus

PREDICT_PMV-54e

(6 Suncus murinus,

dry & monsoon season)

0.24% (1/410) 3.90% (6/154) 1.25% (7/560) Site-1 (peri-urban)b & Site-3 (urban) sitesb

PREDICT_PMV-55f

(1 Rattus tanezumi,

dry season)

0.24% (1/410) 0.00% (0/154) 0.18% (1/560) Site-1 (peri-urban)b
Rhabdovirus

PREDICT_RbdV-5 g

(2 Suncus murinus,

monsoon season)

0.24% (1/410) 0.65% (1/154) 0.36% (2/560) Site-1 (peri-urban)b

PREDICT_RbdV-6 h

(1 Suncus murinus,

dry season)

0.24% (1/410) 0.00% (0/154) 0.18% (1/560) Site-2 (urban)
Total 1.46% (6/410) 4.55% (7/154) 2.32% (13/560)

aAll virus findings were from adult animals (n = 13) and no animals tested positive for more than one virus

bRectal swabs or feces were tested from these sites only

cGenBank accession number KX442774

dGenBank accession number KX285432 & KX285433

eGenBank accession number KP963851-57; PREDICT_PMV-54 virus was detected in both oral and rectal swabs from one animal (Suncus murinus)

fGenBank accession KP963858

gGenBank accession MG956834 & MG956836

hGenBank accession MG956835