title: Serological survey with the antigen of haemorrhagic fever virus with renal syndrome in small rodents in Slovakia.
abstract: Results of serological survey in small rodents with the antigen of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) virus indicate the existence of a natural focus of this virus in Slovakia. Antibodies were found in the following free-living rodent species: Clethrionomys glareolus, Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus sylvaticus, Pitymys subterraneus, Microtus arvalis and Microtus economus. A total 10 out of 120 (8.2%) small rodents trapped in investigated localities of Western and Eastern Slovakia had antibodies to the HFRS virus antigen as detected by complement fixation (CF) and/or immunofluorescence (IF) tests.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gresíková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekeyová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brummer-Korvenkontio
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozuch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labuda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rajcáni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lysý
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000276:immunology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral