Ljungan virus and an adenovirus in Italian squirrel populations.
We report Ljungan virus infection in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) for the first time, and extend the known distribution of adenoviruses in both native red squirrels and alien gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) to southern Europe.
1  Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, v. Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Claudia
C
Romeo
Nicola
N
Ferrari
Chiara
C
Rossi
David J
DJ
Everest
Sylvia S
SS
Grierson
Paolo
P
Lanfranchi
Adriano
A
Martinoli
Nicola
N
Saino
Lucas A
LA
Wauters
Heidi C
HC
Hauffe
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D030061:Parechovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000821:virology*