Cowpox: reservoir hosts and geographic range.

Abstract:

:It is generally accepted that the reservoir hosts of cowpox virus are wild rodents, although direct evidence for this is lacking for much of the virus's geographic range. Here, through a combination of serology and PCR, we demonstrate conclusively that the main hosts in Great Britain are bank voles, wood mice and short-tailed field voles. However, we also suggest that wood mice may not be able to maintain infection alone, explaining the absence of cowpox from Ireland where voles are generally not found. Infection in wild rodents varies seasonally, and this variation probably underlies the marked seasonal incidence of infection in accidental hosts such as humans and domestic cats.

journal_name

Epidemiol Infect

authors

Chantrey J,Meyer H,Baxby D,Begon M,Bown KJ,Hazel SM,Jones T,Montgomery WI,Bennett M

doi

10.1017/s0950268899002423

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-06-01 00:00:00

pages

455-60

issue

3

eissn

0950-2688

issn

1469-4409

journal_volume

122

pub_type

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