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Ljungan virus was detected in bank voles and, for the first time, in yellow-necked mice collected from a site in northern Italy.
This study expands the known geographic and host range of Ljungan virus, a potential zoonotic agent associated with myocarditis, to yellow-necked mice in northern Italy.
Supports expanded European rodent surveillance for Ljungan virus; leaves open its zoonotic myocarditis role pending further study.
Identified in 1998, Ljungan virus (LV; Picornaviridae) causes type 1 diabetes-like symptoms and myocarditis in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from Sweden and Denmark, and may be a zoonotic agent of several important diseases (e.g., intrauterine fetal death, type 1 diabetes, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and myocarditis). Using a real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay and sequence analysis, we detected LV in bank voles, and for the first time, in yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) collected during 2006 from a site in northern Italy. The global distribution of LV and its role as a mammalian pathogen deserve further attention.
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Hauffe et al. (2010) studied Ljungan virus infection. Ljungan virus detection was evaluated on Detection of Ljungan virus. Ljungan virus was detected in bank voles and, for the first time, in yellow-necked mice collected from a site in northern Italy.
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