Distribution of hantavirus foci in Belgium

During 1999 and 2000, we performed rodent captures on 15 sites all over Belgium to evaluate the presence of hantaviruses in local rodent populations. Viral antibody and RNA detection was performed by ELISA/focus reduction neutralisation test and RT-PCR, respectively. We found hantavirus-positive rod...

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Main Authors: Heyman, Paul, Van Mele, Roger, De Jaegere, Florence, Klingström, Jonas, Vandenvelde, Christian, Lundkvist, Åke, Rozenfeld, Francine, Zizi, Martin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Parasitologie
Pathologie maladies infectieuses
Apodemus sylvaticus
Clethrionomys glareolus
Hantavirus
Microtus arvalis
Puumala virus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/163968
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/163968/1/Elsevier_147598.pdf
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Summary:During 1999 and 2000, we performed rodent captures on 15 sites all over Belgium to evaluate the presence of hantaviruses in local rodent populations. Viral antibody and RNA detection was performed by ELISA/focus reduction neutralisation test and RT-PCR, respectively. We found hantavirus-positive rodents on 13 out of 15 trapping sites and 3 rodent species were found positive for hantavirus infection. Apart from Puumala virus that was carried by Clethrionomys glareolus, 2 additional rodent species, Microtus arvalis and Apodemus sylvaticus, were found antibody- and/or RNA-positive. © 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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