Monroe, Melanie, 2008. Local habitat choice of Puumala virus (PUUV) seropositive bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Northern Sweden. SLU, Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies, Umeå. Umeå: SLU, Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies
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Abstract
In humans, Puumala virus (PUUV) of the genus Hantavirus causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The primary host-reservoir in Europe is the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). To understand the persistence of PUUV among hosts we must understand the environment that the bank vole prefers, and therefore, the environment in which PUUV is harboured. In this study bank voles in Västerbotten, Sweden were sampled in 1998 according to documented human infections occurring at different sites between the years of 1991 to 1996, and at paired random control sites. It was confirmed that bank vole abundances, irrespective of PUUV status, were higher in sites located in highly productive, old spruce (Picea abies) forests with a dominating undergrowth of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus). I suggest that, in order to better predict the outbreaks of PUUV, we need a better understanding of the population dynamics of the bank vole and individual vole behaviour with respect to the differences in habitat choice at a regional scale.
| Main title: | Local habitat choice of Puumala virus (PUUV) seropositive bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Northern Sweden |
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| Authors: | Monroe, Melanie |
| Supervisor: | Olsson, Gert |
| Examiner: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Series: | Examensarbete i ämnet biologi / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Institutionen för vilt, fisk och miljö |
| Volume/Sequential designation: | 2008:6 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Level and depth descriptor: | Other |
| Student's programme affiliation: | SY001 Forest Science - Master's Programme 300 HEC |
| Supervising department: | (S) > Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies |
| Keywords: | hantavirus, puumala virus, habitat, rodents, bank voles, HFRS |
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8496 |
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8496 |
| Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.: | ?? 5056 ?? Animal diseases |
| Language: | English |
| Deposited On: | 01 Nov 2017 11:13 |
| Metadata Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2017 11:13 |
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