Table 4.

Detection of Hepatozoon spp. in the lung or Sarcocystis spp. in the brain or both endoparasites by hematoxylin eosin (H&E) staining in bank voles from OS compared with detection of PUUV RNA by RT-PCR and anti-PUUV antibodies by ELISA.

	Hepatozoon spp.	Sarcocystis spp.	Hepatozoon spp. + Sarcocystis spp.
RT-PCR pos, ELISA pos (persistent infection)	7/21 (33%) 5/7 M, 2/7 F	2/21 (10%) 1/2 M, 1/2 F	12/21 (57%) 6/12 M, 6/12 F
RT-PCR pos, ELISA neg (acute infection)	1/2 (50%) 1/1 M	0/2 (0%)	1/2 (50%) 1/1 M
RT-PCR neg, ELISA pos	2/3 (67%) 2/2 M	0/3 (0%)	0/3 (0%)
RT-PCR neg, ELISA neg	0/2 (0%)	0/2 (0%)	0/2 (0%)

M, males; F, females.