title: Tick-borne encephalitis virus in wild rodents in winter, Finland, 2008-2009.
abstract: Rodents might maintain tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in nature through latent persistent infections. During 2 subsequent winters, 2008 and 2009, in Finland, we detected RNA of European and Siberian subtypes of TBEV in Microtus agrestis and Myodes glareolus voles, respectively. Persistence in rodent reservoirs may contribute to virus overwintering.
authors.affiliation: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Elina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tonteri
authors.forename: Anu E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jääskeläinen
authors.forename: Tapani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tikkakoski
authors.forename: Liina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Voutilainen
authors.forename: Jukka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Niemimaa
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Henttonen
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaheri
authors.forename: Olli
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vapalahti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D004669:Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012621:Seasons
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral