Evidence of orthohantavirus and leptospira infections in small mammals in an endemic area of Gampaha district in Sri Lanka

Table 2 Individual cross-reactivity of rat sera to orthohantavirus antigens

Specificity and positivity	Individual rat identification No. (#)	Number of rats tested for anti-orthohantavirus IgG
Positive SEOV & negative PUUV	24, 42	28 / 39 rats tested positive for anti-orthohantavirus IgG antibodies. 18/28 rats were positive for IgG against both PUUV and SEOV orthohantavirus N protein antigen specificities. 7 /28 rats were positive for IgG against PUUV orthohantavirus N protein antigen specificity only 3 /28 rats were positive for IgG against SEOV orthohantavirus N protein antigen specificity only
Positive SEOV & positive PUUV	2, 43*
Positive PUUV & negative SEOV	3, 4, 5, 15, 25, 31
Strong positive PUUV & positive SEOV	6, 13, 23, 29, 38, 44*
Strong positive SEOV & strong positive PUUV	7, 17, 27, 28, 33**, 41
Strong positive SEOV & positive PUUV	16, 20, 36, 39
Strong positive SEOV & negative PUUV	18
Strong positive PUUV & negative SEOV	21*
Negative SEOV & negative PUUV	8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 26, 30, 32, 34, 40	11/39 rats were negative for anti-orthohantavirus IgG antibodies.

Note: Species Identified by bar coding include R rattus*, R tanezumi ** and R norvegicus***. Other rats were morphologically identified

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