title: [Identification of Puumala like viruses in China].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To confirm if Puumala like viruses exist in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  RNA was extracted from lungs of bank voles captured in the Northeast China, partial S segments genome of Puumala viruses were amplified and sequenced.
  
  
  RESULTS
  926 bp cDNA of S segments of Puumala like virus was amplified and sequenced. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the Puumala like viruses found in China were most close to that found in Far East region of Russia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Puumala like virus does exist in Northeast China, and the nucleotides sequence of the viruses have high homolog to Puumala viruses found in Russia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever and Ercephalitis. Institute of Viral Diseases Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100052 China.
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang-wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lai-shun
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yu-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Yun-zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shi-xin
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Chuan-you
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bao-zhong
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Xiang-dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Yue-xin
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wen-xue
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: De-xin
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000821:virology; D008168:Lung / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral