Hantaviruses and the dilution effect in Southeast Asia
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Background Until recently hantaviruses were poorly studied in Southeast Asian countries. To better understand the ecology of hantaviruses in Southeast Asia, we conducted a large scale serological survey of rodent species in several locations in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Recent articles indicated that the dilution effect (whereby pathogen prevalence increases with decreasing biodiversity) applied to some American hantavirus species. Therefore we also analyzed our data to establish if any relationship existed between hantavirus seroprevalence and rodent species diversity.
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