1. Hantavirus maintenance and transmission in reservoir host populations
- Author
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Kristian M. Forbes, Tarja Sironen, Alexander Plyusnin, Medicum, Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Viral Zoonosis Research Unit, Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Biosciences, and Emerging Infections Research Group
- Subjects
DYNAMICS ,0301 basic medicine ,VOLES MYODES-GLAREOLUS ,Disease reservoir ,Orthohantavirus ,ANDES HANTAVIRUS ,SIN NOMBRE HANTAVIRUS ,HANTAAN VIRUS ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Hantavirus Infections ,Zoology ,Rodentia ,Biology ,ZOONOTIC DISEASE EMERGENCE ,03 medical and health sciences ,Feces ,Mice ,Virology ,Chiroptera ,Zoonoses ,Animals ,Humans ,PEROMYSCUS-MANICULATUS ,Viral shedding ,Saliva ,1183 Plant biology, microbiology, virology ,Hantaan virus ,Phylogeny ,media_common ,Hantavirus ,Disease Reservoirs ,Ecology ,Transmission (medicine) ,Host (biology) ,Longevity ,PREVALENCE ,030104 developmental biology ,BANK VOLE ,Hantavirus Infection ,PUUMALA VIRUS-INFECTIONS - Abstract
Hantaviruses are primarily hosted by mammalian species of the orders Rodentia, Eulipotyphla and Chiroptera. Spillover to humans is common, and understanding hantavirus maintenance and transmission in reservoir host populations is important for efforts to curtail human disease. Recent field research challenges traditional phases of virus shedding kinetics derived from laboratory rodent infection experiments. Organ infection sites in non-rodent hosts suggest similar transmission routes to rodents, but require direct assessment. Further advances have also been made in understanding virus persistence (and fadeouts) in fluctuating host populations, as well as occupational, recreational and environmental risk factors associated with spillover to humans. However, despite relevance for both intra-species and inter-species transmission, our understanding of the longevity of hantaviruses in natural environments remains limited.
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- 2017