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Serologic evidence of Puumala virus infection in wild moose in northern Sweden
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- Ahlm, Clas, 1956- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Infektionssjukdomar
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- Wallin, Kjell (author)
- Skoglig zooekologi, SLU, Umeå
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- Lundkvist, Åke (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Elgh, Fredrik, 1957- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Virologi,Fredrik Elgh
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- Juto, Per (author)
- Umeå universitet,Virologi
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- Merza, Malik (author)
- Virologi, SVA, Uppsala
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- Tärnvik, Arne (author)
- Umeå universitet,Infektionssjukdomar
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- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000
- 2000
- English.
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In: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. - : American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. - 0002-9637 .- 1476-1645. ; 62:1, s. 106-111
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- Puumala (PUU) virus is the causative agent of nephropathia epidemica, the Scandinavian form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The infection is acquired by airborne transmission of PUU virus from its rodent reservoir, the bank vole. Besides serologic data indicating that the virus may spread also to heterologous rodents, there is little information on the susceptibility of wild living animals to PUU virus. We studied the occurrence of antibodies to PUU virus in serum samples from 427 wild-living moose, of which 260 originated from the PUU virus-endemic northern and central parts of Sweden and 167 originated from the southern, nonendemic part of Sweden. Samples from 5 animals showed reactivity in an ELISA for recombinant PUU virus nucleocapsid protein, an immunofluorescent assay, and a neutralization test. These 5 animals all originated from the PUU virus-endemic northern part of Sweden. In conclusion, 5 of 260 moose from the endemic region showed convincing serologic evidence of past PUU virus infection. The seroprevalence was low, suggesting that the moose is subjected to endstage infection rather than being part of an enzootic transmission cycle.
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