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Microevolution of Puumala hantavirus during a complete population cycle of its host, the bank vole (Myodes glareolus).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Razzauti Maria, Plyusnina Angelina, Henttonen Heikki, Plyusnin Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Microevolution of Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) was studied throughout a population cycle of its host, the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). We monitored PUUV variants circulating in the host population in Central Finland over a five-year period that included two peak-phases and two population declines. Of 1369 bank voles examined, 360 (26.3%) were found infected with PUUV. Partial sequences of each of the three genome...
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