Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece

The objective of this work was to search for potential wildlife reservoir hosts of Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in wildlife species. From 1994 to 2006, 317 blood and tissue samples were collected from 17 wildlife species in Greece. Encephalomyocarditis virus was isolated only from two Rattus ra...

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Main Author: Billinis, C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26298
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spelling ftunivthessaly:oai:ir.lib.uth.gr:11615/26298 2023-05-15T17:12:28+02:00 Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece Billinis, C. 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26298 unknown 0090-3558 http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26298 Journal of Wildlife Diseases <Go to ISI>://WOS:000265753300031 EMCV Encephalomyocarditis virus epidemiology Greece infection wildlife PIGS TRANSMISSION BELGIUM PIGLETS DISEASE Veterinary Sciences journalArticle 2009 ftunivthessaly 2021-07-02T06:21:57Z The objective of this work was to search for potential wildlife reservoir hosts of Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in wildlife species. From 1994 to 2006, 317 blood and tissue samples were collected from 17 wildlife species in Greece. Encephalomyocarditis virus was isolated only from two Rattus rattus. In addition, antibody to EMCV were detected in sera from 39 Rattus rattus, one Apodemus sylvaticus, one Microtus arvalis, and 13 Sus scrofa. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Rattus rattus University of Thessaly Institutional Repository
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topic EMCV
Encephalomyocarditis virus
epidemiology
Greece
infection
wildlife
PIGS
TRANSMISSION
BELGIUM
PIGLETS
DISEASE
Veterinary Sciences
spellingShingle EMCV
Encephalomyocarditis virus
epidemiology
Greece
infection
wildlife
PIGS
TRANSMISSION
BELGIUM
PIGLETS
DISEASE
Veterinary Sciences
Billinis, C.
Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
topic_facet EMCV
Encephalomyocarditis virus
epidemiology
Greece
infection
wildlife
PIGS
TRANSMISSION
BELGIUM
PIGLETS
DISEASE
Veterinary Sciences
description The objective of this work was to search for potential wildlife reservoir hosts of Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in wildlife species. From 1994 to 2006, 317 blood and tissue samples were collected from 17 wildlife species in Greece. Encephalomyocarditis virus was isolated only from two Rattus rattus. In addition, antibody to EMCV were detected in sera from 39 Rattus rattus, one Apodemus sylvaticus, one Microtus arvalis, and 13 Sus scrofa.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Billinis, C.
author_facet Billinis, C.
author_sort Billinis, C.
title Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
title_short Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
title_full Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
title_fullStr Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
title_full_unstemmed Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection in Wildlife Species in Greece
title_sort encephalomyocarditis virus infection in wildlife species in greece
publishDate 2009
url http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26298
genre Microtus arvalis
Rattus rattus
genre_facet Microtus arvalis
Rattus rattus
op_source Journal of Wildlife Diseases
<Go to ISI>://WOS:000265753300031
op_relation 0090-3558
http://hdl.handle.net/11615/26298
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