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Volume 30, Number 4—April 2024
Research

Nephropathia Epidemica Caused by Puumala Virus in Bank Voles, Scania, Southern Sweden

Jiaxin Ling1, Elin Economou Lundeberg1, Anishia Wasberg, Inês R. Faria, Sanja Vucicevic, Bo Settergren, and Åke LundkvistComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (J. Ling, A. Wasberg, I.R. Faria, Å. Lundkvist); Central Hospital of Kristianstad, Kristianstad, Sweden (E.E. Lundeberg, S. Vucicevic, B. Settergren)

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Figure 1

Rodent sampling sites for study of nephropathia epidemica caused by PUUV in Myodes glareolus bank voles in Scania, Sweden. New PUUV strains have been found in fields belonging to a patient with nephropathia epidemica in Scania. PUUV in Sweden belongs to the N-SCA lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Ural phylogroup, and S-SCA lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Carpathian phylogroup. Scania PUUV belongs to the Finland lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Carpathian phylogroup. N-SCA, North-Scandinavian; S-SCA, South-Scandinavian.

Figure 1. Rodent sampling sites for study of nephropathia epidemica caused by PUUV in Myodes glareolus bank voles in Scania, Sweden. New PUUV strains have been found in fields belonging to a patient with nephropathia epidemica in Scania. PUUV in Sweden belongs to the N-SCA lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Ural phylogroup, and S-SCA lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Carpathian phylogroup. Scania PUUV belongs to the Finland lineage of PUUV, carried by bank voles of the Carpathian phylogroup. N-SCA, North-Scandinavian; S-SCA, South-Scandinavian.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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