Association between habitat and prevalence of hantavirus infections in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and wood mice (apodemus sylvaticus)

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-146

  Heyman, Paul ^a,d   Mele, Rita Van ^a   Smajlovic, Lejla ^b   Dobly, Alexandre ^c   Cochez, Christel ^a   Vandenvelde, Christian ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Epidemiology; Hantavirus; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HABITAT; MALE; MOUSE; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENT; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLE;

ANAPLASMA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HANTAVIRUS; IXODIDA; MUS; PUUMALA VIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 65249120162     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0155     Document Type: Article

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