Essays about: "puumala virus"

Found 4 essays containing the words puumala virus.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. IL-6 trans-signaling causes endothelial cell activation and barrier dysfunction in hantavirus infection

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Linda Rita Niemetz; [2020]
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    Abstract : Hantaviruses are of major global health concern, causing over 150.000 infections annually.They cause two distinct acute inflammatory diseases, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. READ MORE

  4. 3. Prevalence of Puumala virus (PUUV) in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) after a major boreal forest fire

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

    Author : Seyed Alireza Nematollahi Mahani; [2016]
    Keywords : bank vole; Puumala virus prevalence; forest fire; habitat loss;

    Abstract : Our knowledge on the impact of forest fires on the prevalence (proportion of infected individuals in a population) and dynamics of zoonotic pathogens is largely limited. A large forest fire in late 2006 at Bodträskfors in northern Sweden provided a unique opportunity to investigate the effect of habitat change on disease prevalence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Local habitat choice of Puumala virus (PUUV) seropositive bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in Northern Sweden

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

    Author : Melanie Monroe; [2008]
    Keywords : hantavirus; puumala virus; habitat; rodents; bank voles; HFRS;

    Abstract : In humans, Puumala virus (PUUV) of the genus Hantavirus causes hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. The primary host-reservoir in Europe is the bank vole (Myodes glareolus). To understand the persistence of PUUV among hosts we must understand the environment that the bank vole prefers, and therefore, the environment in which PUUV is harboured. READ MORE