
Puumala hantavirus is present in bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and is believed to be spread mainly by contaminated excretions. In this study, we subcutaneously inoculated 10 bank voles with Puumala virus and sampled excretions until day 133 postinfection. Levels of shed viral RNA peaked within 11-28, 14-21, and 11-28 days postinfection for saliva, urine, and feces, respectively. The latest detection of viral RNA was 84, 44, and 44 days postinfection in saliva, urine, and feces, respectively. In contrast, blood of 5 of 6 animals contained viral RNA at day 133 postinfection, suggesting that bank voles secrete virus only during a limited time of the infection. Intranasal inoculations with bank vole saliva, urine, or feces were all infectious for virus-negative bank voles, indicating that these 3 transmission routes may occur in nature and that rodent saliva might play a role in transmission to humans.
saliva, Puumala hantavirus, Arvicolinae, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Research, R, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, zoonosis, Puumala virus, urine, Virus Shedding, Feces, feces, Medicine, Animals, RNA, Viral, bank vole, Saliva
saliva, Puumala hantavirus, Arvicolinae, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Research, R, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, zoonosis, Puumala virus, urine, Virus Shedding, Feces, feces, Medicine, Animals, RNA, Viral, bank vole, Saliva
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