Essays about: "orthohantavirus"

Found 3 essays containing the word orthohantavirus.

  1. 1. Personality, Movement, andInfection in a Wild Population of Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Filippa Erixon; [2021]
    Keywords : animal personality; behavior; movement; infection; Myodes glareolus; Puumala orthohantavirus;

    Abstract : Personality affects many life decisions and potentially has major consequences on ecological and evolutionary processes. Personality-dependent local movement affects interactions between individuals, resource acquisition, and the risk of encountering predators and pathogens. READ MORE

  2. 2. Bats as hosts of zoonotic pathogens : potential conflicts between nature conservation and public health

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Therese Thalin; [2021]
    Keywords : bats; conservation; Daubenton’s bat; Myotis daubentonii; public health; vector; zoonotic pathogens;

    Abstract : Bats belong to the order Chiroptera, one of the most species rich mammalian groups of Sweden, but it is also the most threatened one. Nineteen different bat species have been found in Sweden, of which 12 are red-listed. Globally rodents and bats are the animal groups known to host most zoonotic pathogens. READ MORE

  3. 3. The role of diseases in mass mortality of wood lemmings (Myopus schisticolor)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Henrik Johansen; [2021]
    Keywords : wood lemming; Myopus schisticolor; disease; virus; pathogens; mass mortality; orthohantavirus; pan-orthohantavirus; somatic index; spleen index;

    Abstract : Like many other rodent species, the wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) exhibits cycles with large population peaks but unlike most other European rodents, these peaks are frequently followed by mass mortality. It is largely unknown what pathogens wood lemmings carry and if pathogens could affect their population dynamics. READ MORE