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...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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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 |
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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