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Tula hantavirus in Belgium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2002

P. HEYMAN ,
J. KLINGSTRÖM ,
F. DE JAEGERE ,
G. LECLERCQ ,
F. ROZENFELD ,
S. ESCUTENAIRE ,
C. VANDENVELDE ,
M. ZIZI ,
A. PLYUSNIN  and
Å. LUNDKVIST
P. HEYMAN
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Vector-borne Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
J. KLINGSTRÖM
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, and Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
F. DE JAEGERE
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mammal Behaviour Studies, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
G. LECLERCQ
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mammal Behaviour Studies, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
F. ROZENFELD
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mammal Behaviour Studies, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
S. ESCUTENAIRE
Affiliation:
Immunology-Vaccinology Dept, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Belgium
C. VANDENVELDE
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Vector-borne Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
M. ZIZI
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Vector-borne Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
A. PLYUSNIN
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, and Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Dept. of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Å. LUNDKVIST
Affiliation:
Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, and Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

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European common voles (Microtus arvalis), captured in Belgium in 1999, were proven by molecular as well as by serological techniques to be infected with Tula hantavirus (TULV). This is the first evidence for the presence of TULV in this country. No indication of spill-over infections of Puumala virus, known to be highly endemic among bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) within the same geographical regions as the trapped TULV-infected common voles, was observed. Together with previous reports on the circulation of TULV in eastern/central Europe, this finding suggests a more wide-spread circulation of this hantavirus serotype throughout the continent.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 128 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 251 - 256
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press