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Hantavirus
Investigators at University of New Mexico have published new data on hantavirus
April 8th, 2008
"Effects of predators of juvenile mice on the spread of the Hantavirus are analyzed in the context of a recently proposed model. Two critical values of the predation probability are identified," investigators in the United States report. "When the smaller of them is exceeded, the hantavirus infection vanishes without extinguishing the mice population. When the larger is exceeded, the entire mice population vanishes," wrote G. Cameloneto and colleagues, University of New Mexico. The researchers concluded: "These results suggest the possibility of control of the spread of the epidemic by introducing predators in areas of mice colonies in a suitable way...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-08)
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