Ljungan virus and an adenovirus in Italian squirrel populations

J Wildl Dis. 2014 Apr;50(2):409-11. doi: 10.7589/2013-10-260. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

Abstract

We report Ljungan virus infection in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) for the first time, and extend the known distribution of adenoviruses in both native red squirrels and alien gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) to southern Europe.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / isolation & purification*
  • Adenoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Adenoviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Adenoviridae Infections / virology
  • Animals
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Parechovirus / isolation & purification*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Picornaviridae Infections / veterinary*
  • Picornaviridae Infections / virology
  • Sciuridae / virology*