Distribution of Ljungan virus in Fennoscandia

• Main Authors: Fevola, Cristina, Rossi, Chiara, Hauffe, Heidi Christine, Hörnfeldt, B., Ecke, F., Olsson, G., Magnusson, M., Miller, A., Nordström, A., Henttonen, H., Niemimaa, J.
• Other Authors: Fevola, C., Rossi, C., Hauffe, H.C.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Ljungan virus; Bank vole; Settore BIO/07 - ECOLOGIA; Greene; Tapia; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/23377

In 1998 a new virus, named ‘Ljungan’ (LV) was isolated in wild populations of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Sweden (Niklasson et al, 1998), and soon after in Denmark and the USA. LV is one of two species of the Parechovirus genus within the Picornaviridae family. Interestingly, there is some evid...