Hantaviruses are enzootic viruses that maintain persistent infections in their rodent hosts
without apparent disease symptoms. The spillover of these viruses to humans can lead to …

Rodents are the most abundant and diversified order of living mammals in the world.
Already since the Middle Ages we know that they can contribute to human disease, as black …

SUMMARY Hantaviruses (genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae) are enveloped tri‐
segmented negative‐stranded RNA viruses each carried by a specific rodent or insectivore …

Zoonotic Viruses of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomy and Ecology provides a review of modern
data of the taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of zoonotic viruses in the ecosystems of …

The purpose of this study was to assess and describe the current spectrum of emerging
zoonoses between 2000 and 2006 in European countries. A computerized search of the …

Abstract Two names (Clethrionomys and Myodes) are used interchangeably for red-backed
voles, which is contrary to one of the fundamental principles of zoological nomenclature, that …

Five hantaviruses are known to circulate among rodents in Europe, and at least two among
insectivores. Four (Dobrava, Saaremaa, Seoul, and Puumala [PUUV] viruses) are clearly …

Background Nephropathia epidemica (NE), an emerging rodent-borne viral disease, has
become the most important cause of infectious acute renal failure in Belgium, with sharp …

Wildlife-originated zoonotic diseases are a major contributor to emerging infectious
diseases. Hantaviruses cause thousands of human disease cases annually worldwide, and …

Hantavirus is a genus of virus represented by 45 different species and is hosted by small
mammals, predominantly rats and mice. Roughly, half of all hantaviruses cause diseases in …