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The importance of bank vole density and rainy winters in predicting nephropathia epidemica incidence in Northern Sweden. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Pathogenic hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) are rodent-borne viruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia.
Hussein Khalil, Gert Olsson, Frauke Ecke, Magnus Evander, Marika Hjertqvist, Magnus Magnusson, Mikaell Ottosson Löfvenius, Birger Hörnfeldt   +7 more
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Modelling human Puumala hantavirus infection in relation to bank vole abundance and masting intensity in the Netherlands. [PDF]

Infect Ecol Epidemiol, 2017
This paper deals with modelling the relationship between human Puumala hantavirus (PUUV) infection, the abundance and prevalence of infection of the host (the bank vole), mast, and temperature.
Swart A, Bekker DL, Maas M, de Vries A, Pijnacker R, Reusken CBEM, van der Giessen JWB.   +6 more
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Beyond the laboratory: the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) as a novel model organism in biological research [PDF]

Frontiers in Zoology
Rodents constitute a significant proportion of mammalian diversity, with their adaptability and wide distribution making them indispensable study organisms across various biological disciplines.
Joanna Górska, Petr Kotlík, Heikki Henttonen, Anna Bajer, Jerzy M. Behnke, Jacek Radwan, Paweł Koteja, Tapio Mappes, Maciej Grzybek   +8 more
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The Effect of Aluminum Exposure on Reproductive Ability in the Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus). [PDF]

Biol Trace Elem Res, 2017
Human impact on the environment is steadily increasing the amounts of aluminum in the ecosystems. This element accumulates in plants and water, potentially exposing herbivores to its harmful effect. In heavily polluted sites, a decrease in the density of
Miska-Schramm A, Kapusta J, Kruczek M.
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How Bank Vole-PUUV Interactions Influence the Eco-Evolutionary Processes Driving Nephropathia Epidemica Epidemiology—An Experimental and Genomic Approach [PDF]

Pathogens, 2020
In Europe, Puumala virus (PUUV) is responsible for nephropathia epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Despite the presence of its reservoir, the bank vole, on most of French territory, the geographic distribution of
Sarah Madrières, Caroline Tatard, Séverine Murri, Johann Vulin, Maxime Galan, Sylvain Piry, Coralie Pulido, Anne Loiseau, Emmanuelle Artige, Laure Benoit, Nicolas Leménager, Latifa Lakhdar, Nathalie Charbonnel, Philippe Marianneau, Guillaume Castel   +14 more
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Genetic admixture drives climate adaptation in the bank vole. [PDF]

Commun Biol
AbstractGenetic admixture introduces new variants at relatively high frequencies, potentially aiding rapid responses to environmental changes. Here, we evaluate its role in adaptive variation related to climatic conditions in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) in Britain, using whole-genome data.
Horníková M, Lanier HC, Marková S, Escalante MA, Searle JB, Kotlík P.   +5 more
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Evidence that bank vole PrP is a universal acceptor for prions. [PDF]

PLoS Pathog, 2014
Bank voles are uniquely susceptible to a wide range of prion strains isolated from many different species. To determine if this enhanced susceptibility to interspecies prion transmission is encoded within the sequence of the bank vole prion protein ...
Watts JC, Giles K, Patel S, Oehler A, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB.   +5 more
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Enhanced Sensitivity of a Modified Quaking-Induced Conversion Diagnostic Test for the Broad Detection of Sporadic and Inherited Prion Diseases: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Ann Neurol
Objective Quaking‐induced conversion (QuIC) tests, which detect prion‐seeding activity in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), have markedly advanced the antemortem diagnosis of prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (CJD). These tests provide high diagnostic accuracy and enable timely differentiation from other rapidly progressive neurodegenerative ...
Myskiw J, Fox R, Kielich DMS, Lamoureux L, Leonhardt M, Nykvist O, Slota JA, Avery K, Phillipson C, Frost K, Simon S, Appleby BS, Bailey-Elkin BA, Booth SA.   +13 more
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Biomagnification and potential health effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a terrestrial food web [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent organic pollutants with bioaccumulative, biomagnifying and toxic potential, and largely unknown fate and health effects in terrestrial wildlife.
Frauke Ecke, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Magnus Evander, Birger Hörnfeldt, Alexandra Leijon, Jonas Malmsten, Aleksandra Skrobonja, Lutz Ahrens   +7 more
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Primary glia cells from bank vole propagate multiple rodent-adapted scrapie prions

Scientific Reports, 2021
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.
Karla A. Schwenke, Joo-Hee Wälzlein, Agnieszka Bauer, A. Thomzig, M. Beekes   +4 more
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