The mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei is the sole enzootic vector of EVEV (2-4); rodents, particularly Peromyscus gossypinus (cotton mouse) and Sigmodon hispidus (hispid
cotton rat), are the primary reservoir hosts (5-7).
As described in the article, the oral RSV-F vaccine candidate provided complete sterilizing protection against RSV infection in the
cotton rat challenge model at the target dose.
The Everglades virus is a mosquito-borne disease carried by the hispid
cotton rat, which lives in areas with tall grass such as grassy fields, weedy areas, and marshy areas ...
One hardy species endured the invasion: the hispid
cotton rat. There are a number of theories about why the rat survived.
SPECIES LOCATION HABITAT Deer Mouse North America Woodlands, Deserts, High Elevations White-Footed Mouse Eastern United States Woody or Brushy Areas, Mixed Forests & Edge of Agricultural Fields
Cotton Rat Southeastern United States Overgrown Shrubs, Tall Grasses Rice Rat Southeastern United States Semi-Aquatic
The second most common food of bobcats, the
cotton rat, was seldom eaten by coyotes.
(8) A rodent reservoir in the indigenous
cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, was suspected and established initially by a 13% seroprevalence of antihantaviral IgG antibodies in trapped
cotton rats; it was later confirmed by the detection of BCC virus RNA in seropositive rats by reverse transcriptasepolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay.
Cotton Rat Density Estimation--We estimated Sigmodon hispidus population density using abundance (minimum number of individuals known alive) in effective trapping areas, where effective trapping area is equal to the area of a trapping grid plus a boundary strip of half the mean maximum distance moved (MMDM) by recaptured animals (Wilson and Anderson, 1985; Krebs et al., 2011).
The hispid
cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), which occurs in the southern United States, is the host of Black Creek Canal hantavirus (Table 1), a known cause of HPS (Rollin et al.
Steven Pincus has presented, "Influenza Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Produced in Insect Cells Elicits Hemagglutination and Neuraminidase Inhibiting Antibodies in Immunized Health Adults," on Tuesday, 17 August, and Ramadevi Raghunandan, Senior Scientist, Immunology will be presenting, "Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of a Novel RSV F Particle Vaccine in the
Cotton Rat," on Thursday, 19 August.
elator (2) at the ungrazed site concurs with Packard & Roberts (1973) observation that the Texas kangaroo rat and hispid
cotton rat rarely co-occur.