Short report: dual infections with Puumala virus and Leptospira interrogans serovar lora in a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Apr;74(4):612-4.

Abstract

Leptospirosis and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome are public health problems in Croatia. Diagnosis and epidemiology of these diseases are complicated because these two diseases are sympatric in certain areas. We describe a natural dual infection of Puumala virus and a leptospire in a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae*
  • Croatia / epidemiology
  • DNA Primers
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / veterinary*
  • Humans
  • Leptospira interrogans / classification
  • Leptospira interrogans / genetics
  • Leptospira interrogans / isolation & purification*
  • Leptospirosis / epidemiology
  • Leptospirosis / veterinary*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Puumala virus / genetics
  • Puumala virus / isolation & purification*
  • Rodent Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Rodent Diseases / transmission

Substances

  • DNA Primers