Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:39:49 BST CiteULike: neteler arena http://www.citeulike.org/user/neteler/tag/arena CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/neteler/article/454062 <i>Epidemiology and Infection (22 December 2005), pp. 1-7.</i><br /><br />The spatial and temporal distribution of hantavirus and arenavirus antibody-positive wild rodents in Trentino, Italy, was studied using immunofluorescence assays (IFA) in two long-term sites trapped in 2000-2003, and six other sites trapped in 2002. The overall hantavirus seroprevalence in the bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus (n=229) screened for Puumala virus (PUUV) antibodies was 0.4%, and that for Apodemus flavicollis mice (n=1416) screened for Dobrava virus (DOBV) antibodies was 0.2%. Antibodies against lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) were found in 82 (5.6%) of the 1472 tested rodents; the seroprevalence being 6.1% in A. flavicollis (n=1181), 3.3% in C. glareolus (n=276), and 14.3% in Microtus arvalis (n=7). Of the serum samples of 488 forestry workers studied by IFA, 12 were LCMV-IgG positive (2.5%) and one DOBV-IgG positive (0.2%), however, the latter could not be confirmed DOBV-specific with a neutralization assay. Our results show a widespread distribution but low prevalence of DOBV in Trentino, and demonstrate that the arenavirus antibodies are a common finding in several other rodent species besides the house mouse. Hantavirus and arenavirus antibody prevalence in rodents and humans in Trentino, Northern Italy. H Kallio-Kokko J Laakkonen A Rizzoli V Tagliapietra I Cattadori SEE Perkins PJJ Hudson A Cristofolini W Versini O Vapalahti A Vaheri H Henttonen doi:10.1017/S0950268805005431 Epidemiology and Infection (22 December 2005), pp. 1-7. 2006-01-02T12:33:48-00:00 2005 Epidemiology and Infection 0950-2688 1 7 arena hanta rodents