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Seroprevalence of TBEV in bank voles from Poland-a long-term approach.
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Emerging microbes & infections [Emerg Microbes Infect] 2018 Aug 15; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 145. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 15. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Rodents are known to play a significant role as reservoir hosts for TBEV. During three sequential expeditions at 4-year intervals to three ecologically similar study sites in NE Poland, we trapped bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and then tested their blood for the presence of specific antiviral antibodies to TBEV. The strongest effects on seroprevalence were the extrinsic factors, site of capture of voles and year of sampling. Seroprevalence increased markedly with increasing host age, and our analysis revealed significant interactions among these three factors. Seroprevalence did not differ between the sexes. Therefore, based on the seroprevalence results, the dynamics of TBEV infection differ significantly in time, between local sub-populations of bank voles and with increasing host age. To fully understand the circulation of the virus among these reservoir hosts and in the environment, long-term monitoring is required and should employ a multi-site approach, such as the one adopted in the current study.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Arvicolinae blood
Disease Reservoirs virology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne isolation & purification
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne blood
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne epidemiology
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne virology
Female
Male
Poland epidemiology
Rodent Diseases epidemiology
Rodent Diseases virology
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Antibodies, Viral blood
Arvicolinae virology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne immunology
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne veterinary
Rodent Diseases blood
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2222-1751
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Emerging microbes & infections
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30108201
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41426-018-0149-3