Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania

Little is known about the presence of human pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) in Lithuania. We detected this virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in a region of this country in which previously PUUV-seropositive humans were identified. Our results are consistent with heterogeneous distributions of P...

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Autores principales: Straková, Petra, Jagdmann, Sandra, Balčiauskas, Linas, Balčiauskienė, Laima, Drewes, Stephan, Ulrich, Rainer G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Letters to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161400
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author Straková, Petra
Jagdmann, Sandra
Balčiauskas, Linas
Balčiauskienė, Laima
Drewes, Stephan
Ulrich, Rainer G.
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description Little is known about the presence of human pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) in Lithuania. We detected this virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in a region of this country in which previously PUUV-seropositive humans were identified. Our results are consistent with heterogeneous distributions of PUUV in other countries in Europe.
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spelling pubmed-51762202017-01-01 Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania Straková, Petra Jagdmann, Sandra Balčiauskas, Linas Balčiauskienė, Laima Drewes, Stephan Ulrich, Rainer G. Emerg Infect Dis Letters to the Editor Little is known about the presence of human pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) in Lithuania. We detected this virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in a region of this country in which previously PUUV-seropositive humans were identified. Our results are consistent with heterogeneous distributions of PUUV in other countries in Europe. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5176220/ /pubmed/27983939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161400 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Letters to the Editor
Straková, Petra
Jagdmann, Sandra
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Drewes, Stephan
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Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania
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topic Letters to the Editor
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5176220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27983939
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2301.161400
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