Distribution and seasonal variation of Ljungan virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Fennoscandia

• Published in: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
• Main Authors: Fevola, Cristina, Rossi, Chiara, Rosa, Roberto, Nordström, Åke, Ecke, Frauke, Magnusson, Magnus, Miller, Andrea, Niemimaa, Jukka, Olsson, Gert, Jääskeläinen, Anne, Hornfeldt, Birger, Henttonen, Heikki, Hauffe, Heidi
• Other Authors: Fondazione Edmund Mach, University of Helsinki, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Luke / Luonnonvarat ja biotuotanto / Ekosysteemit ja ekologia / Metsä- ja eläinekologia (4100100316), 4100100316
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Disease Association
• Subjects: Suomi; Ruotsi; jyrsijät; myyrät; rodents; voles; Parechovirus B; picornavirus; rodent-borne virus; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://jukuri.luke.fi/handle/10024/540850

Ljungan virus (LV) is a picornavirus originally isolated from Swedish bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in 1998. The association of LV with human disease has been debated ever since, but fundamental data on the ecology of the virus are still lacking. Here we present results of the first intensive study...