Population, environmental, and community effects on local bank vole (Myodes glareolus) Puumala virus infection in an area with low human incidence

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-244

  Tersago, K ^a   Schreurs, A ^a   Linard, C ^b   Verhagen, R ^a   Van Dongen, S ^a   Leirs, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bank voles; Dilution effect; Myodes glareolus; Northern Belgium; Puumala virus infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; VEGETATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; BELGIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PUUMALA VIRUS;

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; MUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 43049107581     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0160     Document Type: Article

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