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First insights into Puumala orthohantavirus circulation in a rodent population in Alsace,France
Authors:E Monchatre‐Leroy  S Murri  G Castel  D Calavas  F Boué  V Hénaux  P Marianneau
Institution:1. Laboratoire de la rage et de la Faune Sauvage, ANSES, Nancy, France;2. Laboratoire de Lyon, ANSES, Unité de virologie, Lyon, France;3. CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France;4. Laboratoire de Lyon, ANSES, Unité d’épidémiologie, Lyon, France
Abstract:In‐depth knowledge on the mechanisms that maintain infection by a zoonotic pathogen in an animal reservoir is the key to predicting and preventing transmission to humans. The Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV), the most prevalent orthohantavirus in Western Europe, causes a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in humans. In France, this endemic illness affects the north‐eastern part of the country. We conducted a 4‐year capture–mark–recapture study in a bank vole population, combined with molecular analyses, to explore the epidemiological situation of PUUV in Alsace, a French region where human cases have occurred, but for which no studies have been conducted on this reservoir host. PUUV‐infected bank voles were detected in the 2 years that showed high bank vole density with a prevalence of 4%. The individual PUUV sequences identified in this study were similar from year to year and similar to other French sequences. On a very small spatial scale, the distribution of seropositive bank voles was very heterogeneous in time and space. The short distances travelled on average by bank voles resulted in spatial clusters of seropositive rodents, which spread only very gradually throughout the year.
Keywords:behaviour  genetic diversity  population dynamics of reservoir host  Puumala virus
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