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Dobrava-Belgrade Virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis Mice,Turkey |
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| Authors: | I. Mehmet Ali Oktem Yavuz Uyar Ender Dincer Aysegul Gozalan Mathias Schlegel Cahit Babur Bekir Celebi Mustafa Sozen Ahmet Karatas Nuri Kaan Ozkazanc Ferhat Matur Gulay Korukluoglu Rainer G. Ulrich Mustafa Ertek Aykut Ozkul |
| Abstract: | In 2009, human Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) infections were reported on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Serologic and molecular studies of potential rodent reservoirs demonstrated DOBV infections in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice. Phylogenetic analysis of DOBV strains showed their similarity to A. flavicollis mice–borne DOBV in Greece, Slovenia, and Slovakia. |
| Keywords: | Hantavirus Dobrava-Belgrade virus reservoir host Turkey Black Sea Coast viruses |