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Previous Volume 332:337-338 February 2, 1995 Number 5 Next

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To the Editor: The report of a fatal case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a Rhode Island resident (Aug. 25 issue)¹ prompted us to examine whether hantaviruses are enzootic in New England. Because deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) serve as the main reservoir of the agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the western states,² we reasoned that the closely related white-footed mouse (P. leucopus) might fill this role in New England.

We studied two sites² with a high prevalence of the Lyme disease spirochete and Babesia microti, which are tick-borne pathogens carried by the white-footed mouse. Both sites are . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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