Spatial and Temporal Dynamics and Molecular Evolution of Tula orthohantavirus in German Vole Populations

• Published in: Viruses
• Main Authors: Sabrina Schmidt, Daniela Reil, Kathrin Jeske, Stephan Drewes, Ulrike M. Rosenfeld, Stefan Fischer, Nastasja G. Spierling, Anton Labutin, Gerald Heckel, Jens Jacob, Rainer G. Ulrich, Christian Imholt
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: rodents; hantavirus; monitoring; population dynamics; common vole; field vole; water vole; phylogeny; molecular evolution; Tula; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13061132

Tula orthohantavirus (TULV) is a rodent-borne hantavirus with broad geographical distribution in Europe. Its major reservoir is the common vole (Microtus arvalis), but TULV has also been detected in closely related vole species. Given the large distributional range and high amplitude population dyna...