Sin Nombre Virus in Deer Mice Captured Inside Homes, Southwestern Montana

Abstract

From 1996 through 1999, 35 deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) were captured in 25 urban and suburban homes in southwestern Montana. Mice were captured throughout the year except for January; seven mice (20%) from seven (28%) of the homes were seropositive for Sin Nombre virus. The infected mice were mostly adult males captured in the spring and fall.

Keywords

• sin nombre virus
• deer mice
• Montana
• hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• HPS
• hantavirus