A minority of seropositive wild bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) show evidence of current Puumala virus infection

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 419-425

  Alexeyev, O A ^a,c   Ahlm, C ^a,e   Elgh, F ^a   Aava, B ^b   Palo, T ^b   Settergren, B ^d   Tarnvik A ^a   Wadell, G ^a   Juto, P ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PUUMALA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOLE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031725821     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268898001307     Document Type: Article

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