Serological Evidence of Multiple Zoonotic Viral Infections among Wild Rodents in Barbados.
Kirk Osmond DouglasClaire CayolKristian Michael ForbesThelma Alafia SamuelsOlli VapalahtiTarja A SironenMarquita Gittens-St HilairePublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
Key findings of this study are the first serological evidence of orthohantavirus infections in Mus musculus and the first serological evidence of mammarenavirus and orthopoxvirus infections in Rattus norvegicus and M. musculus in the English-speaking Caribbean. Rodents may present a potential zoonotic and biosecurity risk for transmission of three human pathogens, namely orthohantaviruses, mammarenaviruses and orthopoxviruses in Barbados.