Endemic hantavirus infection impairs the winter survival of its rodent host

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1911-1916

  Kallio, Eva R ^a,b,c,f   Voutilainen, Liina ^b   Vapalahti, Olli ^c,d,e   Vaheri, Antti ^d,e   Henttonen, Heikki ^b   Koskela, Esa ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Endemic pathogen; Infection; Mortality factor; Myodes glareolus; Population dynamics; Puumala hantavirus; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; ISLAND; MONITORING; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SURVIVAL; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; MURIDAE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENTIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT DISEASE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35148881264     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1620.1     Document Type: Article

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