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Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey.

ABSTRACT: In 2009, human Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) infections were reported on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Serologic and molecular studies of potential rodent reservoirs demonstrated DOBV infections in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice. Phylogenetic analysis of DOBV strains showed their similarity to A. flavicollis mice-borne DOBV in Greece, Slovenia, and Slovakia.

SUBMITTER: Oktem IM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3887490 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey.

Oktem I Mehmet Ali IM Uyar Yavuz Y Dincer Ender E Gozalan Aysegul A Schlegel Mathias M Babur Cahit C Celebi Bekir B Sozen Mustafa M Karatas Ahmet A Ozkazanc Nuri Kaan NK Matur Ferhat F Korukluoglu Gulay G Ulrich Rainer G RG Ertek Mustafa M Ozkul Aykut A

Emerging infectious diseases 20140101 1

In 2009, human Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) infections were reported on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Serologic and molecular studies of potential rodent reservoirs demonstrated DOBV infections in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice. Phylogenetic analysis of DOBV strains showed their similarity to A. flavicollis mice-borne DOBV in Greece, Slovenia, and Slovakia. ...[more]

PMID: 24377763

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Project description:For the last two decades, behavioral physiologists aimed to explain a plausible covariation between energetics and personality, predicted by the "pace-of-life syndrome" (POLS) hypothesis. However, the results of these attempts are mixed with no definitive answer as to which of the two most acknowledged models "performance" or "allocation" predicts covariation between consistent among-individual variation in metabolism and repeatable behavior (animal personality). The general conclusion is that the association between personality and energetics is rather context-dependent. Life-history, behavior, and physiology as well as its plausible covariation can be considered a part of sexual dimorphism. However, up to now, only a few studies demonstrated a sex-specific correlation between metabolism and personality. Therefore, we tested the relationships between physiological and personality traits in a single population of yellow-necked mice Apodemus flavicollis in the context of a plausible between-sexes difference in this covariation. We hypothesized that the performance model will explain proactive behavior in males and the allocation model will apply to females. Behavioral traits were determined using the latency of risk-taking and the open field tests, whereas the basal metabolic rates (BMR) was measured using indirect calorimetry. We have found a positive correlation between body mass-adjusted BMR and repeatable proactive behavior in male mice, which can support the performance model. However, the females were rather consistent mainly in avoidance of risk-taking that did not correlate with BMR, suggesting essential differences in personality between sexes. Most likely, the lack of convincing association between energetics and personality traits at the population level is caused by a different selection acting on the life histories of males and females. This may only result in weak support for the predictions of the POLS hypothesis when assuming that only a single model explaining the link between physiology and behavior operates in males and females. Thus, there is a need to consider the differences between sexes in behavioral studies to evaluate this hypothesis.

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Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey.

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Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey.

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