DUAL INFECTIONS WITH PUUMALA VIRUS AND LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR LORA IN A BANK VOLE (CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS)

LIDIJA CVETKO Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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NENAD TURK Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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ALEMKA MARKOTIĆ Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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ZORAN MILAS Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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JOSIP MARGALETIĆ Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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MARICA MILETIĆ-MEDVED Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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ALEXANDER PLYUSNIN Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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GUY BARANTON Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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DANIELE POSTIC Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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TATJANA AVŠIČ-ŽUPANC Department for Research and Development, Institute of Immunology, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Forest Protection and Hunting, Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; Institute of Public Health, Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.612
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Volume 74: Issue 4
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612–614
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Leptospirosis and hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome are public health problems in Croatia. Diagnosis and epidemiology of these diseases are complicated because these two diseases are sympatric in certain areas. We describe a natural dual infection of Puumala virus and a leptospire in a bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus).

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Copyright 2006 The American Society of Tropical Medicine 2006
Received:
14 Jul 2005
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Accepted:
28 Nov 2005
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Published Online:
Apr 2006
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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