Marsh rice rat sampling (IMAGE)

Ecological Society of America

Marsh rice rat sampling

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An adult marsh rice rat is measured in the field by Louisiana State University Ph.D. student, Anna Pérez-Umphrey, prior to having a blood sample collected. Blood and tissue samples were screened to determine each individual's infection status for Bayou virus (Bayou orthohantavirus), a pathogenic hantavirus that can cause Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome in humans. [photo taken in 2017].

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Tyler Williams

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