TY  - GEN
A1  - Reil, Daniela
A1  - Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.
A1  - Imholt, Christian
A1  - Schmidt, Sabrina
A1  - Ulrich, Rainer G.
A1  - Eccard, Jana
A1  - Jacob, Jens
T1  - Puumala hantavirus infections in bank vole populations
BT  - host and virus dynamics in Central Europe
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Background

In 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. Uncovering the link between host and virus dynamics can help to prevent human PUUV infections in the future. Bank voles were live trapped three times a year in 2010–2013 in three woodland plots in each of four regions in Germany. Bank vole population density was estimated and blood samples collected to detect PUUV specific antibodies.

Results

We demonstrated that fluctuation of PUUV seroprevalence is dependent not only on multi-annual but also on seasonal dynamics of rodent host abundance. Moreover, PUUV infection might affect host fitness, because seropositive individuals survived better from spring to summer than uninfected bank voles. Individual space use was independent of PUUV infections.

Conclusions

Our study provides robust estimations of relevant patterns and processes of the dynamics of PUUV and its rodent host in Central Europe, which are highly important for the future development of predictive models for human hantavirus infection risk.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 957 
KW  - Myodes glareolus
KW  - population dynamics
KW  - Puumala virus seroprevalence
KW  - space use
KW  - survival
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-431232
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 957
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reil, Daniela
A1  - Rosenfeld, Ulrike M.
A1  - Imholt, Christian
A1  - Schmidt, Sabrina
A1  - Ulrich, Rainer G.
A1  - Eccard, Jana
A1  - Jacob, Jens
T1  - Puumala hantavirus infections in bank vole populations
BT  - host and virus dynamics in Central Europe
JF  - BMC ecology
N2  - Background

In 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. Uncovering the link between host and virus dynamics can help to prevent human PUUV infections in the future. Bank voles were live trapped three times a year in 2010–2013 in three woodland plots in each of four regions in Germany. Bank vole population density was estimated and blood samples collected to detect PUUV specific antibodies.

Results

We demonstrated that fluctuation of PUUV seroprevalence is dependent not only on multi-annual but also on seasonal dynamics of rodent host abundance. Moreover, PUUV infection might affect host fitness, because seropositive individuals survived better from spring to summer than uninfected bank voles. Individual space use was independent of PUUV infections.

Conclusions

Our study provides robust estimations of relevant patterns and processes of the dynamics of PUUV and its rodent host in Central Europe, which are highly important for the future development of predictive models for human hantavirus infection risk
KW  - Myodes glareolus
KW  - Population dynamics
KW  - Puumala virus seroprevalence
KW  - Space use
KW  - Survival
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-017-0118-z
SN  - 1472-6785
VL  - 17
PB  - BioMed Central
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mazza, Valeria
A1  - Eccard, Jana
A1  - Zaccaroni, Marco
A1  - Jacob, Jens
A1  - Dammhahn, Melanie
T1  - The fast and the flexible
BT  - cognitive style drives individual variation in cognition in a small mammal
JF  - Animal behaviour
KW  - animal personality
KW  - associative learning
KW  - behavioural syndrome
KW  - fast and slow learner
KW  - individual differences
KW  - Myodes glareolus
KW  - rodent
KW  - speed-accuracy trade-off
KW  - temperament
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.011
SN  - 0003-3472
SN  - 1095-8282
VL  - 137
SP  - 119
EP  - 132
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  -