title: Genetic characterization of a new hantavirus detected in Microtus arvalis from Slovakia.
abstract: A new hantavirus, called Malacky, has been identified in lung tissue specimens of a vole, Microtus arvalis, by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The voles were trapped in a geographical area in Slovakia where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is endemic in the human population. Sequence analysis of a major part of the S segment showed this virus to represent a new subtype within Tula, a new hantavirus genetic group defined very recently.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Charité Medical School, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sibold
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sparr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Labuda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kozuch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lysý
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meisel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008168:Lung / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D018154:Slovakia
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers