Is there an association of Pneumocystis infection with the presence of arena-, hanta-, and poxvirus antibodies in wild mice and shrews in Finland?

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-466

  Laakkonen, J ^a,b   Kallio, E R ^a,b,c   Kallio Kokko, H ^a,d   Vapalahti, O ^a,d   Vaheri, A ^a   Henttonen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Hantavirus; Mice; Pneumocystis; Poxvirus; Rodents; Shrews; Voles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARENAVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HANTAVIRUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARENAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ARENAVIRUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; LUNG; MALE; MURINAE; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; POXVIRIDAE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; SHREWS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARENAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICROMYS MINUTUS; MURIDAE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; POXVIRIDAE; RODENTIA; SAAREMAA VIRUS; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 33645323546     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009315     Document Type: Article

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