Habitat factors associated with bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) and concomitant hantavirus in Northern Sweden

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-323

  Olsson, Gert E ^a,b,d   White, Neil ^c   Hjältén, Joakim ^a   Ahlm, Clas ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Hantavirus; Rodents

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINGONBERRY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY SPRUCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SCOTS PINE; SPECIES HABITAT; SWEDEN; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SWEDEN; ZOONOSES;

ALECTORIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; MURIDAE; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 32044456743     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.315     Document Type: Article

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