title: [Further study of hantavirus circulation in the Russian Federation].
abstract: Lung specimens of 1514 small mammals of 35 species captured in 1991-1995 at 9 territories of Russia were tested in ELISA for virus antigens of hemorrhagic fever with the renal syndrome (HFRS). The antigens were detected in lung specimens of Clethrionomys glareolus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus gregalis, Microtus fortis, Arvicola terrestris, Apodemus agrarius, Micromys minutus, and Sorex sp., well known as Hantavirus reservoirs, captured in the Vologda, Yaroslavl, Saratov, Astrakhan, and Chita regions. Infection of Microtus maximoviczii revealed in the Chita region was first found in China. Previously there were no reports about the circulation of hantaviruses in this region. Our study added one more host to the list of HFRS virus hosts: Meliones tamariscinus.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Butenko
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Bychenkova
authors.forename: O I
authors.initials: OI
authors.lastname: Vyshemirskiĭ
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Malkin
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Aristova
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Voltsit
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Skvortsova
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chernikhovskiĭ
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Chumakov
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: L'vov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Androsov
authors.forename: O Z
authors.initials: OZ
authors.lastname: Gorin
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zaĭtseva
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rybakova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008168:Lung / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D012426:Russia; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral