Hantaviruses are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that infect many species of
rodents, shrews, moles and bats. Infection in these reservoir hosts is almost asymptomatic …

Recent reports from Europe and the USA described Seoul orthohantavirus infection in pet
rats and their breeders/owners, suggesting the potential emergence of a “new” public health …

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus) spread out of Asia to become one of the world's worst
agricultural and urban pests, and a reservoir or vector of numerous zoonotic diseases …

Background Rodents are recognized as hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and may
represent a serious threat for human health. In the context of global environmental changes …

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 …

Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) is a human pathogen that has evolved in, and is hosted by,
mice of several species of the genus Apodemus. We propose a subdivision of the species …

The agents of human febrile illness can vary by region and country suggesting that
diagnosis, treatment, and control programs need to be based on a methodical evaluation of …

Materials and Methods Small mammal samples were taken from the tissue collection of the
network “Rodent-borne pathogens”(Ulrich et al. 2008) stored at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut …

We investigated the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of novel and previously
recognized Sarcocystis spp. infecting small mammals and colubrid snakes in Asia. The …

To examine the host association of Tula virus (TULV), a hantavirus present in large parts of
Europe, we investigated a total of 791 rodents representing 469 Microtus arvalis and 322 …