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dc.contributor.authorFevola, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Chiara
dc.contributor.authorRosso, Fausta
dc.contributor.authorGirardi, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorRosà, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorManica, Mattia
dc.contributor.authorDelucchi, Luca
dc.contributor.authorRocchini, Duccio
dc.contributor.authorGarzon-Lopez, Carol X
dc.contributor.authorArnoldi, Daniele
dc.contributor.authorBianchi, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorBuzan, Elena
dc.contributor.authorCharbonnel, Nathalie
dc.contributor.authorCollini, Margherita
dc.contributor.authorĎureje, Ľudovít
dc.contributor.authorEcke, Frauke
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorGillingham, Emma L
dc.contributor.authorHörnfeldt, Birger
dc.contributor.authorKazimírová, Mária
dc.contributor.authorKonečný, Adam
dc.contributor.authorMaas, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorMagnusson, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorNiemimaa, Jukka
dc.contributor.authorNordström, Åke
dc.contributor.authorObiegala, Anna
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, Gert
dc.contributor.authorPedrini, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorPiálek, Jaroslav
dc.contributor.authorReusken, Chantal B
dc.contributor.authorRizzolli, Franco
dc.contributor.authorRomeo, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorSilaghi, Cornelia
dc.contributor.authorSironen, Tarja
dc.contributor.authorStanko, Michal
dc.contributor.authorTagliapietra, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorUlrich, Rainer G
dc.contributor.authorVapalahti, Olli
dc.contributor.authorVoutilainen, Liina
dc.contributor.authorWauters, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorRizzoli, Annapaola
dc.contributor.authorVaheri, Antti
dc.contributor.authorJääskeläinen, Anne J
dc.contributor.authorHenttonen, Heikki
dc.contributor.authorHauffe, Heidi C
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-08T19:22:19Z
dc.date.available2020-07-08T19:22:19Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-02
dc.identifier.issn1557-7759
dc.identifier.pmid32487013
dc.identifier.doi10.1089/vbz.2019.2542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10029/623873
dc.description.abstractLjungan virus (LV), which belongs to the Parechovirus genus in the Picornaviridae family, was first isolated from bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Sweden in 1998 and proposed as a zoonotic agent. To improve knowledge of the host association and geographical distribution of LV, tissues from 1685 animals belonging to multiple rodent and insectivore species from 12 European countries were screened for LV-RNA using reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR. In addition, we investigated how the prevalence of LV-RNA in bank voles is associated with various intrinsic and extrinsic factors. We show that LV is widespread geographically, having been detected in at least one host species in nine European countries. Twelve out of 21 species screened were LV-RNA PCR positive, including, for the first time, the red vole (Myodes rutilus) and the root or tundra vole (Alexandromys formerly Microtus oeconomus), as well as in insectivores, including the bicolored white-toothed shrew (Crocidura leucodon) and the Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii). Results indicated that bank voles are the main rodent host for this virus (overall RT-PCR prevalence: 15.2%). Linear modeling of intrinsic and extrinsic factors that could impact LV prevalence showed a concave-down relationship between body mass and LV occurrence, so that subadults had the highest LV positivity, but LV in older animals was less prevalent. Also, LV prevalence was higher in autumn and lower in spring, and the amount of precipitation recorded during the 6 months preceding the trapping date was negatively correlated with the presence of the virus. Phylogenetic analysis on the 185 base pair species-specific sequence of the 5' untranslated region identified high genetic diversity (46.5%) between 80 haplotypes, although no geographical or host-specific patterns of diversity were detected.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectGLMen_US
dc.subjectPicornaviridaeen_US
dc.subjectbank voleen_US
dc.subjectcartogramen_US
dc.subjectreservoir hosten_US
dc.subjectrodent vectoren_US
dc.titleGeographical Distribution of Ljungan Virus in Small Mammals in Europe.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.journalVector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2020; 20(9):692-702en_US
dc.source.journaltitleVector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)


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