| hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in trentino, northern italy. | the spatial and temporal distribution of hantavirus and arenavirus antibody-positive wild rodents in trentino, italy, was studied using immunofluorescence assays (ifa) in two long-term sites trapped in 2000-2003, and six other sites trapped in 2002. the overall hantavirus seroprevalence in the bank voles, clethrionomys glareolus (n=229) screened for puumala virus (puuv) antibodies was 0.4%, and that for apodemus flavicollis mice (n=1416) screened for dobrava virus (dobv) antibodies was 0.2%. ant ... | 2006 | 16371172 |
| temporal variation of ixodes ricinus intensity on the rodent host apodemus flavicollis in relation to local climate and host dynamics. | the risk to humans of contracting tick-borne zoonotic diseases depends on the risk of a bite from an infected tick, which can be broken down into its component parts as the number of host-seeking ticks in the environment, in particular nymphs, and the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens they are carrying. in turn, the prevalence of tick-borne pathogens is dependent upon tick biting intensity on hosts that support transmission between ticks; namely rodents. these ticks once fed moult into the next ... | 2007 | 17760511 |
| spatial and temporal dynamics of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in wild rodents, northern italy. | we determined the prevalence of infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (lcmv) among small mammals in northern italy and analyzed long-term dynamics of lcmv in a rodent population in the province of trento. lcmv is circulating among the most widespread and common wild rodent species in this area (apodemus flavicollis, myodes glareolus, and microtus arvalis); overall prevalence is 6.8%. during 2000-2006, intensive monitoring of lcmv in a population of yellow-necked mice (a. flavicollis) ... | 2009 | 19624914 |