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- Title
Tick-borne Encephalitis Virus in Wild Rodents in Winter, Finland, 2008-2009.
- Authors
Tonteri, Elina; Jääskeläinen, Anu E.; Tikkakoski, Tapani; Voutilainen, Liina; Niemimaa, Jukka; Henttonen, Heikki; Vaheri, Antti; Vapalahti, Olli
- Abstract
Rodents might maintain tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in nature through latent persistent infections. During 2 subsequent winters, 2008 and 2009, in Finland, we detected RNA of European and Siberian subtypes of TBEV in Microtus agrestis and Myodes glareolus voles, respectively. Persistence in rodent reservoirs may contribute to virus overwintering.
- Subjects
FINLAND; TICK-borne encephalitis; LABORATORY rodents; TICK-borne diseases; INFECTION; ANIMAL wintering
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1701.100051