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. 2020 Nov 26;12(12):1352. doi: 10.3390/v12121352

Table 1.

Select antibody detections of influenza A viruses from various wild synanthropic mammalian species in natural and semi-natural settings and similar species in captive settings (e.g., farmed wildlife). Certain species that may only occasionally exhibit these synanthropic tendencies are included.

Common Name a Scientific Name Location Citation
Plateau pika Ochotona curzoniae China [7,19]
Daurian pika O. dauurica Russia [16]
“Rats” Presumably Rattus sp. Hong Kong [20]
“Sewage rats” Presumably Rattus sp. Egypt [21]
House mouse Mus musculus U.S. [4]
Transbaikal hamster b Cricetulus pseudogriseus Russia [16]
Campbell’s dwarf hamster b Phodopus campbelli Russia [16]
Brandt’s vole Lasiopodomys brandtii Russia [16]
Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus Russia [16]
Daurian souslik Spermophilus dauricus Russia [16]
Raccoon Procyon lotor U.S. [22]
Japan [23,24]
Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus U.S. [25]
“Fox” c Not listed China [26]
Black-backed jackal Canis mesomelas Namibia [17]
Raccoon dog c Nyctereutes procyonoides China [26]
Far-eastern wild cat Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus Russia [27]
Leopard cat Prionailurus bengalensis Korea [28]
American mink Neovison vison Spain [38]
Water deer Hydropotes inermis Korea [28]
Feral swine Sus scrofa U.S. [30]
Mexico [31]

a This table is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all wild mammal exposures to influenza A viruses (IAV), as the focus of this paper is mammalian synanthropes. Some additional non-synanthropic species are listed in the text to bring attention to IAV exposures in select taxa. b Results presented generically as “hamster” in original article. c Animals were farmed but are listed to show evidence of exposure in this species. Animals were likely fed uncooked poultry products.