TY - JOUR AU - Duh, Darja AU - Hasic, Sandra AU - Buzan, Elena PY - 2017 DA - 2017/07/20 TI - The impact of illegal waste sites on a transmission of zoonotic viruses JO - Virology Journal SP - 134 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Illegal waste disposal impacts public health and causes aesthetic and environmental pollution. Waste disposed in places without permitted and controlled facilities can provide a ready source of nutrition and shelter for rodents and thus promote the spread of their ecto- and endoparasites. The presence of two distinct zoonotic viruses, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), was searched at illegal waste sites. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of infection with both viruses in rodents and to discuss the virus-rodent relations in such environments. SN - 1743-422X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12985-017-0798-1 DO - 10.1186/s12985-017-0798-1 ID - Duh2017 ER -