Rodent host specificity of european hantaviruses: Evidence of Puumala virus interspecific spillover

In order to investigate rodent host specificity of European hantaviruses, experimental infection of colonized and wild-trapped rodents was performed. In addition to the natural rodent reservoir, Clethrionomys glareolus, Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) could infect colonized Microtus agrestis and Lemmus si...

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Main Authors: Klingström, Jonas, Heyman, Paul, Escutenaire, Sophie, Brus Sjölander, K., De Jaegere, Florence, Henttonen, H., Lundkvist, Åke
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2002
Subjects:
Virologie médicale
Virologie générale
Pathologie maladies infectieuses
Dobrava virus
Hantavirus
Puumala virus
Rodents
Saaremaa virus
Tula
Lemmus sibiricus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/164558
https://dipot.ulb.ac.be/dspace/bitstream/2013/164558/3/164558.pdf

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