Study of deer mice on California's Channel Islands provides new information on hantavirus

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Study of deer mice on California's Channel Islands provides new information on hantavirus

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This study shows that just three ecological factors -- rainfall, predator diversity and island size and shape -- can account for nearly all the differences in infection rates between the eight islands. The study also provides some of the first evidence to support a recent hypothesis that predators play an important ecological role in regulating disease -- sometimes known as the "predators are good for your health" hypothesis.

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