Molecular Detection and Characterization of the First Cowpox Virus Isolate Derived from a Bank Vole [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 Cowpox virus (CPXV) is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus (OPV) that infects a wide range of mammals. CPXV-specific DNA and antibodies were detected in different vole species, such as common voles (Microtus arvalis) and bank voles (Myodes glareolus).
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Niche differentiation in a postglacial colonizer, the bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Species‐level environmental niche modeling has been crucial in efforts to understand how species respond to climate variation and change. However, species often exhibit local adaptation and intraspecific niche differences that may be important to ...
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A dynamic history of admixture from Mediterranean and Carpathian glacial refugia drives genomic diversity in the bank vole [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Understanding the historical contributions of differing glacial refugia is key to evaluating the roles of microevolutionary forces, such as isolation, introgression, and selection in shaping genomic diversity in present‐day populations.
Michaela Horníková +4 more
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Bank Vole Prion Protein As an Apparently Universal Substrate for RT-QuIC-Based Detection and Discrimination of Prion Strains. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2015 Prions propagate as multiple strains in a wide variety of mammalian species. The detection of all such strains by a single ultrasensitive assay such as Real Time Quaking-induced Conversion (RT-QuIC) would facilitate prion disease diagnosis, surveillance ...
Christina D Orrú +8 more
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In Vivo Characterization of a Bank Vole-Derived Cowpox Virus Isolate in Natural Hosts and the Rat Model [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 Cowpox virus (CPXV) belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus in the Poxviridae family and is endemic in western Eurasia. Based on seroprevalence studies in different voles from continental Europe and UK, voles are suspected to be the major reservoir host ...
Saskia Weber +6 more
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Geographical Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Bank Vole Hepaciviruses in Europe [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 The development of new diagnostic methods resulted in the discovery of novel hepaciviruses in wild populations of the bank vole (Myodes glareolus, syn. Clethrionomys glareolus). The naturally infected voles demonstrate signs of hepatitis similar to those
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Puumala hantavirus infections in bank vole populations: host and virus dynamics in Central Europe. [PDF]
BMC Ecol, 2017 BackgroundIn Europe, bank voles (Myodes glareolus) are widely distributed and can transmit Puumala virus (PUUV) to humans, which causes a mild to moderate form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, called nephropathia epidemica.
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Morphological and Molecular Description of Sarcocystis myodes n. sp. from the Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Lithuania [PDF]
Biology (Basel), 2022 Simple Summary Representatives of genus Sarcocystis (Apicomplexa, Sarcocystidae) are parasites of mammals, birds, and reptiles. They are characterized by two-host prey-predator life cycle.
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The legacy of climatic changes during the Pleistocene glaciations allows inferences to be made about the patterns and processes associated with range expansion/colonization, including evolutionary adaptation.
Petr Kotlík +4 more
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Primary glia cells from bank vole propagate multiple rodent-adapted scrapie prions [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Since the beginning prion research has been largely dependent on animal models for deciphering the disease, drug development or prion detection and quantification. Thereby, ethical as well as cost and labour-saving aspects call for alternatives in vitro.
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