Lapland State Biospheric Reserve, Monchegorsk, Murmansk region; Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Murmansk region, Murmansk; Institute of Biology, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Results of virological and bacteriological studies of wild mammals of 11 species from Rodentia and Cricetidae genuses during epizootic period (spring-autumn 2006 ― 2007) in Murmansk region are presented. The number of red-baked mice (Clethrionomys) and common vole (Microtus) was rising. Antigen of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome virus as well as tularemia pathogen were found in background rodent species.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 5, P. 93—95