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Host-Associated Absence of Human Puumala Virus Infections in Northern and Eastern Germany.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2017
Drewes Stephan, Ali Hanan Sheikh, Saxenhofer Moritz, Rosenfeld Ulrike M, Binder Florian, Cuypers Fabian, Schlegel Mathias, Röhrs Susanne, Heckel Gerald, Ulrich Rainer G
Abstract excerpt
Human hantavirus disease cases, caused by Puumala virus (PUUV), are mainly recorded in western and southern areas of Germany. This bank vole reservoir survey confirmed PUUV presence in these regions but its absence in northern and eastern regions. PUUV occurrence is associated with the presence of the Western bank vole phylogroup.
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