The Journal of Korean Society of Virology (대한바이러스학회지)

The Korean Society of Virology (대한바이러스학회)
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Serologic Study on Hantavirus Infection of Wild Rodents Captured in Kyebang Mountain, Kangwon-do, 1995

1995년 계방산에서 채집한 들쥐의 한타바이러스 감염에 대한 혈청학적 연구

  • Baek, Luck-Ju (Department of Microbiology, Medical College. The Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University) ;
  • Kang, Ju-Il (Department of Microbiology, Medical College. The Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University) ;
  • Song, Ki-Joon (Department of Microbiology, Medical College. The Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University) ;
  • Song, Jin-Won (Department of Microbiology, Medical College. The Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University) ;
  • Yang, Bung-Gug (Wildelife Management Division, Forestry Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Yong-Ju (Department of Microbiology, Medical College. The Institute for Viral Diseases, Korea University)
  • 백락주 (고려대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실, 고려대학교 바이러스병연구소) ;
  • 강주일 (고려대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실, 고려대학교 바이러스병연구소) ;
  • 송기준 (고려대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실, 고려대학교 바이러스병연구소) ;
  • 송진원 (고려대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실, 고려대학교 바이러스병연구소) ;
  • 양병국 (산림청 임업연구원 야생동물과) ;
  • 이용주 (고려대학교 의과대학 미생물학교실, 고려대학교 바이러스병연구소)
  • Published : 1997.12.30
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Abstract

Multiple species of muridae and arvicolidae rodents serve as the natural reserviors of hantaviruses. Hantaviruses are distributed in rodent populations world-widely even in geographical areas where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) has not been reported. Serologic diagnosis of infection, using hantaviral antigen, indicates that hantaviruses are widey distributed in wild rodents. This study was designed to intended the hantavirus infection among wild rodents captured in Kyebang mountain, Kangwon-do in Korea. A total of 216 wild rodents in 3 species were trapped in July and September in 1995. Serological evidence for hantaviruses infection were tested against five hantavirus antigens by indirect immunofluorescent antibody technique (IFA). Among 100 Eothenomys regulus, 78 Apodemus peninsulae and 38 Apodemus agrarius; 12 C. regulus, 15 A. peninsulae and 6 A. agrarius were IF antibody positive against hantaviruses. This data suggest that Eothenomys regulus and Apodemus peninsulae would be a natural reservoir of hantaviruses.

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