Dobrava-Belgrade Virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis Mice, Turkey

ÖKTEM, İBRAHİM; Uyar, Yavuz; Dincer, ENDER; Gozalan, Aysegul; Schlegel, Mathias; Babur, Cahit; Celebi, Bekir; SÖZEN, Mustafa; Karatas, Ahmet; ÖZKAZANÇ, NURİ; MATUR, FERHAT; Korukluoglu, Gulay; Ulrich, Rainer; Ertek, Mustafa; ÖZKUL, AYKUT

doi:10.3201/eid2001.121024

Dobrava-Belgrade Virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis Mice, Turkey

ÖKTEM İ. M. A., Uyar Y., Dincer E., Gozalan A., Schlegel M., Babur C., ...More

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.20, no.1, pp.121-125, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 20 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.3201/eid2001.121024
Journal Name: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.121-125
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

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.