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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
Puumala (PUU) virus is the causative agent of nephropathia epidemica, the Scandinavian form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The infection is acquired by airborne transmission of PUU virus from its rodent reservoir, the bank vole. Besides serologic data indicating that the virus may spread also to heterologous rodents, there is little information on the susceptibility of wild living animals to PUU virus. We studied the occurrence of antibodies to PUU virus in serum samples from 427 wild-living moose, of which 260 originated from the PUU virus-endemic northern and central parts of Sweden and 167 originated from the southern, nonendemic part of Sweden. Samples from 5 animals showed reactivity in an ELISA for recombinant PUU virus nucleocapsid protein, an immunofluorescent assay, and a neutralization test. These 5 animals all originated from the PUU virus-endemic northern part of Sweden. In conclusion, 5 of 260 moose from the endemic region showed convincing serologic evidence of past PUU virus infection. The seroprevalence was low, suggesting that the moose is subjected to endstage infection rather than being part of an enzootic transmission cycle.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Age Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Antibodies, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Deer, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Hantavirus, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Hantavirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Neutralization Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Nucleocapsid Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Seroepidemiologic Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10761733-Sweden
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Serologic evidence of Puumala virus infection in wild moose in northern Sweden.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Umeå, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't