title: Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Lithuania.
abstract: Little is known about the presence of human pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) in Lithuania. We detected this virus in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in a region of this country in which previously PUUV-seropositive humans were identified. Our results are consistent with heterogeneous distributions of PUUV in other countries in Europe.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Straková
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jagdmann
authors.forename: Linas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balčiauskas
authors.forename: Laima
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Balčiauskienė
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drewes
authors.forename: Rainer G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ulrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D045303:Cytochromes b / Q000235:genetics*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring / Q000662:veterinary; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania / Q000453:epidemiology; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D045303:Cytochromes b
keywords: Lithuania; Myodes glareolus; Puumala virus; bank voles; viruses; zoonoses