Preliminary Characterization and Natural History of Hantaviruses in Rodents in Northern Greece

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• Journal Article:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Personal Author:
  Papa, A. ; Mills, J. N. ; Kouidou, S. ; Ma, B. ; Papadimitriou, E. ; Antoniadis, A.
• Description:
  Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae), cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Europe and Asia and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Ameri- cas. In Greece, hantaviruses are endemic, and small outbreaks or sporadic cases of HFRS have been observed; Dobrava virus is the predominant hantavirus and causes severe HFRS, while Puumala virus is probably the causative agent of the milder forms of this syndrome (Papa et al., unpub. data). Hantaan virus, associated with Apodemus agrarius, and Seoul virus, associated with Rattus norvegicus, have never been detected in Greece. Dobrava virus is hosted by A. flavicollis in the Balkans or by A. agrarius in northern Europe.
• Subjects:
  Animals Female Hantavirus Infections Male Muridae Orthohantavirus Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA, Viral Zoonoses
• Series:
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0606.000618
• ISSN:
  1080-6059 (digital) ; 1080-6040 (print)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Pubmed ID:
  11076727
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2640926
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  6
• Citation:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 6(6):654-655.
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
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