Multiple Co-infections of rodents with hantaviruses, Leptospira, and Babesia in Croatia

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-392

  Tadin, Ante ^a   Turk, Nenad ^b   Korva, Miša ^c   Margaletić, Josip ^d   Beck, Relja ^e   Vucelja, Marko ^d   Habuš, Josipa ^b   Svoboda, Petra ^a   Županc, Tatjana Avšič ^c   Henttonen, Heikki ^f   Markotić, Alemka ^a,g  

^a Croatia   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^f FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Babesia; Hantavirus; Leptospirosis; Rodent borne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROATIA; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MIXED INFECTION; MYODES GLAREOLUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARVICOLINAE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COINFECTION; CROATIA; HANTAVIRUS; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MURINAE; RNA, VIRAL; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; BABESIA; DOBRAVA-BELGRADE VIRUS; HANTAVIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84861057379     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0632     Document Type: Article

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