[Identification of Puumala like viruses in China].
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.
Liu
Gang
G
Department of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever and Ercephalitis. Institute of Viral Diseases Control and Prevention, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 100052 China.
Li
Chuan
C
Hu
Guang-wei
GW
Li
Yue
Y
Yao
Lai-shun
LS
Chen
Yu-qing
YQ
Huang
Biao
B
Ren
Ming
M
Chen
Yun-zhi
YZ
Guan
Shi-xin
SX
Yu
Chuan-you
CY
Na
Bao-zhong
BZ
Zhong
Xiang-dong
XD
Sun
Yue-xin
YX
Li
Wen-xue
WX
Li
De-xin
DX
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
D004279:DNA, Viral