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Melanie Reber
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Hantavirus transmission: potential role of ectoparasites. [Journal Article]

Houck MA, Qin H, Roberts HR
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2001; 1(1):75-9.

Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome is an often-fatal disease thought to be transmitted exclusively by rodents. We report the first evidence of hantavirus-specific RNA (Bayou) from two trombiculid mites (chiggers) and an ixodid tick parasitizing wild-caught rodents at a field site in Texas and also from a trombiculid mite in the free-living predatory stage of the chigger life cycle collected from the same site.

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teresambear
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Just when you think it can not get any worse. OMG hanta is some real serious virus.

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lymebytes
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OMG! I never thought of this and it makes perfect sense!

I know where I live most ticks feed off mice...great...

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Melanie Reber
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Remember...this does not necessarily mean that ticks can transmit this pathogen, only that it was found in the tick.

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