Tula hantavirus in Belgium

European common voles (Microtus arvalis), captured in Belgium in 1999, were proven by molecular as well as by serological techniques to be infected with Tula hantavirus (TULV). This is the first evidence for the presence of TULV in this country. No indication of spill-over infections of Puumala viru...

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Published in:Epidemiology and infection 2002-04, Vol.128 (2), p.251-256
Main Authors: HEYMAN, P., KLINGSTRÖM, J., DE JAEGERE, F., LECLERCQ, G., ROZENFELD, F., ESCUTENAIRE, S., VANDENVELDE, C., ZIZI, M., PLYUSNIN, A., LUNDKVIST, Å.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal traps
Animals
Antigens
Arvicolinae - virology
Belgium - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
DNA Primers
DNA, Viral - genetics
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Evolution
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geographic regions
Geography
Grasslands
Hantavirus
Hantavirus - classification
Hantavirus - immunology
Hantavirus - isolation & purification
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Infections
Lungs
Male
Microbiology
Mycology
Pathogenicity, host-agent relations, miscellaneous strains, epidemiology
Phosphatase
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rodents
Serology
Serotyping
Viruses
Voles
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Summary:European common voles (Microtus arvalis), captured in Belgium in 1999, were proven by molecular as well as by serological techniques to be infected with Tula hantavirus (TULV). This is the first evidence for the presence of TULV in this country. No indication of spill-over infections of Puumala virus, known to be highly endemic among bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) within the same geographical regions as the trapped TULV-infected common voles, was observed. Together with previous reports on the circulation of TULV in eastern/central Europe, this finding suggests a more wide-spread circulation of this hantavirus serotype throughout the continent.
ISSN:0950-2688
1469-4409
DOI:10.1017/S0950268801006641