title: Host-Associated Absence of Human Puumala Virus Infections in Northern and Eastern Germany.
abstract: Human hantavirus disease cases, caused by Puumala virus (PUUV), are mainly recorded in western and southern areas of Germany. This bank vole reservoir survey confirmed PUUV presence in these regions but its absence in northern and eastern regions. PUUV occurrence is associated with the presence of the Western bank vole phylogroup.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Drewes
authors.forename: Hanan Sheikh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saxenhofer
authors.forename: Ulrike M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cuypers
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlegel
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Röhrs
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heckel
authors.forename: Rainer G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ulrich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; 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; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D045303:Cytochromes b
keywords: Central Europe; Germany; Puumala virus; bank vole; cytochrome b; endemic region; evolutionary lineage; nephropathia epidemica; outbreak; phylogroup; viruses; zoonoses