Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania

Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Jan;23(1):158-160. doi: 10.3201/eid2301.161400.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Lithuania; Myodes glareolus; Puumala virus; bank voles; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae / classification
  • Arvicolinae / genetics
  • Arvicolinae / virology*
  • Cytochromes b / genetics*
  • Disease Reservoirs / veterinary*
  • Disease Reservoirs / virology
  • Epidemiological Monitoring / veterinary
  • Genotyping Techniques
  • Hantavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Hantavirus Infections / genetics
  • Hantavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Hantavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Lithuania / epidemiology
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / genetics*
  • Phylogeny*
  • Phylogeography
  • Puumala virus / classification
  • Puumala virus / genetics*

Substances

  • Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • Cytochromes b