Environmental Change and Disease Dynamics: Effects of Intensive Forest Management on Puumala Hantavirus Infection in Boreal Bank Vole Populations

Intensive management of Fennoscandian forests has led to a mosaic of woodlands in different stages of maturity. The main rodent host of the zoonotic Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) is the bank vole (Myodes glareolus), a species that can be found in all woodlands and especially mature forests. We investiga...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Voutilainen, Liina, Savola, Sakeri, Kallio, Eva Riikka, Laakkonen, Juha, Vaheri, Antti, Vapalahti, Olli, Henttonen, Heikki
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Fennoscandian
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3380007
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745755
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039452
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Summary:Intensive management of Fennoscandian forests has led to a mosaic of woodlands in different stages of maturity. The main rodent host of the zoonotic Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) is the bank vole (Myodes glareolus), a species that can be found in all woodlands and especially mature forests. We investigated the influence of forest age structure on PUUV infection dynamics in bank voles.

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