Editing Peromyscus (section)

== Reservoir of human disease ==

=== Hantavirus ===
The deer mouse came to the attention of the public when it was discovered to be the primary reservoir species for [[Sin Nombre orthohantavirus|Sin Nombre]] [[hantavirus]].<ref name="cdc.gov"/><ref name="Deadly">{{cite journal|title=It's Official—The Deer Mouse Is Deadly|journal=Newsmagazine |date=18 July 1994|volume= 21 |issue =31|page=43}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|pmid=9847363|year=1999|last1=Netski|first1=D|last2=Thran|first2=BH|last3=St. Jeor|first3=SC|title=Sin Nombre virus pathogenesis in ''Peromyscus maniculatus''|volume=73|issue=1|pages=585–91|pmc=103864|journal=Journal of Virology|doi=10.1128/JVI.73.1.585-591.1999}}</ref>

=== Lyme disease ===
A recent study in British Columbia of 218 deer mice showed 30% (66) were seropositive for ''[[Borrelia burgdorferi]]'',<ref>[http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/08vol34/dr-rm3401a-eng.php Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) – Vol.34 CCDR-01 – Public Health Agency of Canada]. Phac-aspc.gc.ca (2008-01-30). Retrieved on 2014-01-05.</ref> the agent of [[Lyme disease]].

=== Other diseases ===
[[Ehrlichiosis]] and [[babesiosis]] are also carried by the deer mouse.<ref name="Crossland">Crossland, J. and Lewandowski, A. (2006). [http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/Pages%20from%20aalas_tech_talk_2.pdf Peromyscus&nbsp;– A fascinating laboratory animal model] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120052440/http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/Pages%20from%20aalas_tech_talk_2.pdf |date=2008-11-20 }}. ''Techtalk'' 11:1–2.</ref>

[[SARS-CoV-2]] transmits efficiently in deer mice.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Griffin |first1=B. |date=14 June 2021 |title=SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in the North American deer mouse |journal=Nature|volume=12 |issue=1 |page=3612 |doi=10.1038/s41467-021-23848-9 |pmid=34127676 |pmc=8203675 |bibcode=2021NatCo..12.3612G }}</ref>