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Hantavirus
Research reports from P. Heyman and co-authors provide new insights into hantavirus
June 9th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Vector - Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, "In order to determine the habitat preferred by Myodes (before Clethrionomys) glareolus and the corresponding Puumala hantavirus seroprevalence in those habitats, we captured rodents simultaneously in three significantly different habitats." "We compared trapping success and presence of virus per habitat during an ongoing epidemic in order to test the hypothesis of a density-dependent seroprevalence. Our study showed that bank vole population density, as well as Puumala virus seroprevalence, were habitat dependent," wrote P. Heyman and colleagues. The...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-09)
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