Historic and contemporary museum specimens implicate Northern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus) as borealpox host as early as 1990s
Maya M. Juman, Jeffrey B. Doty, Clint N. Morgan, Audrey M. Matheny, Ariel Caudle, Marissa Breslin, Natalie Hamilton, Aren M. Gunderson, Katherine Newell, Julia H. Rogers, Victoria A. Balta, Italo B. Zecca, Florence Whitehill, Faisal Syed Minhaj, Molly M. McDonough, , Link E. Olson
The study identifies Northern Red-backed Voles as potential BRPV hosts using museum specimens and field samples, showing BRPV presence since at least 1998.
bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2026 · PreprintEcology