Narong NitatpattanaTimothy HenrichSomnuek PalabodeewatWaraluk TangkanakulDuangporn PoonsuksombatGilles ChauvancyPhilippe BarbazanSutee YoksanJean Paul GonzalezMahidol University2018-07-242018-07-242002-01-01Tropical Medicine and International Health. Vol.7, No.10 (2002), 840-845136022762-s2.0-0036401598https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/20222We conducted a serological survey of 632 rodents from the northeast region of Thailand in order to assess the presence of Hantaan-like viruses that may be a risk to the human population. Rodents were collected from rice fields, houses and domestic gardens in five northeastern provinces and tested for IgG reacting sera to Hantaan antigen using enzyme-linked immunoassays. The overall prevalence of Hantavirus infection in rodents was 2.1% (13/632). Species that tested positive included Bandicota indica (4.3% positive within species), Rattus exulans (2.1%), R. losea (1.6%) and R. rattus (0.9%). Species such as R. exulans and R. losea are candidate hosts of unidentified Hantaan-like viruses in Thailand.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00830.x