Extensive Host Sharing of Central European Tula Virus

• Published in: Journal of Virology
• Main Authors: Schmidt-Chanasit, Jonas, Essbauer, Sandra, Petraityte, Rasa, Yoshimatsu, Kumiko, Tackmann, Kirsten, Conraths, Franz J., Sasnauskas, Kestutis, Arikawa, Jiro, Thomas, Astrid, Pfeffer, Martin, Scharninghausen, Jerrold J., Splettstoesser, Wolf, Wenk, Matthias, Heckel, Gerald, Ulrich, Rainer G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2010
• Subjects: Tula; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01226-09; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JVI.01226-09

ABSTRACT To examine the host association of Tula virus (TULV), a hantavirus present in large parts of Europe, we investigated a total of 791 rodents representing 469 Microtus arvalis and 322 Microtus agrestis animals from northeast, northwest, and southeast Germany, including geographical regions wi...