Orthopox virus infections in Eurasian wild rodents

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1133-1140

  Kinnunen, Paula M ^a,f,h   Henttonen, Heikki ^b   Hoffmann, Bernd ^c   Kallio, Eva R ^b,d,i   Korthase, Christian ^c   Laakkonen, Juha ^b,i   Niemimaa, Jukka ^b   Palva, Airi ^a   Schlegel, Mathias ^c   Ali, Hanan Sheikh ^c,e   Suominen, Paula ^a,j   Ulrich, Rainer G ^c   Vaheri, Antti ^f,g   Vapalahti, Olli ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e SUDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j City of Kuusamo ^*  (Finland)

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Author keywords

Antibodies; Cowpox virus; Distribution; PCR; Rodent

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

AMPLICON; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FINLAND; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMANY; HAMSTER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RODENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; MALE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIBERIA;

ANIMALIA; COWPOX VIRUS; CRICETINAE; ORTHOPOXVIRUS; RODENTIA; VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 80051501551     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0170     Document Type: Article

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