Investigation　on　Transmission　of　Epidemic　Hemorrhagic　Fever　Virus　between　Mice　and　Mites　in　the　Endemic　Areas

Amongthemicecaughtfromtheseparatelitersintheendemicareasofepidemichemorrhagicfever(EHF),WujingCounty,JiangsuProvince,itwasfoundthatApodemusagrariuswasthepredominantspeciesthathasthehighestpositivityrateofepidemichemorrhagicfevervirus(EHFV)antigenandantibodyreaction,whichwaspositivelyrelatedtothenumberofthemiceineachliter.ThelitersinhabitedbyEHFVinfectedmicewereobviouslyaggregate.Ofthegamasidmitesdetectedinthelitersofmice,Eulaelapsstabularisandhemolaelapsglasgowiwerefoundtobethepredominantspecies.TherewasapositiverelationshipbetweenthenumbersofmitesandthepositivityratesofEHFVantigenandantibodyreactionsinthemiceineachlit-ter.ThevirusesisolatedfromApodemusagrariusandmitesfromthesameliterandtheresultsofthemonoclonalantibody-detectionasaywereidentical.