Genetic characterization of a new hantavirus detected in Microtus arvalis from Slovakia.
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.
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Institute of Medical Virology, Charité Medical School, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Kozuch
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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
D017931:DNA Primers