Title: Breeding Success of Barn Owls Reflects Risk of Hantavirus Infection. Can Grave and Formal Pass for Wise, When Men the Solemn Owl Despise? (benjamin Franklin)
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Sir: Hantaviruses (genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae) are carried worldwide by rodents, bats and insectivores. In Europe, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) may be caused by infection with Dobrava virus (DOBV), carried by Apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked mouse). A milder form of HFRS –nephropathia epidemica-may be caused by infection with Puumala virus (PUUV), carried by Myodes glareolus (bank vole). Hundreds of DOBV caused
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