Open AccessGenetic evidence of Puumala and Tula Hantaviruses in rodents in the Jura region, France – preliminary results
Author(s) -
Marc Artois,
Christel Cochez,
R. Van Mele,
Paul Heyman
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.26.03226-en
Subject(s) - hantavirus , rodent , hantavirus pulmonary syndrome , puumala virus , hantavirus infection , virology , arvicolinae , bunyaviridae , biology , disease reservoir , zoology , virus , ecology , microtus
Hantaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses carried by a specific rodent species in Palearctic areas. They have been identified as etiologic agents of disease in humans: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in the Old World and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas.