title: Puumala and Tula hantaviruses in France.
abstract: The first genome sequences of Tula (TULV) and Puumala (PUUV) hantaviruses undoubtedly originated from France were recovered from tissue samples of European common voles and bank voles captured in Jura region. Genetic analysis of S and M segments of French PUUV strain revealed its highest similarity to strains from neighboring Belgium and Germany and also from Slovakia. On phylogenetic trees, French PUUV strain was placed within the central European lineage formed by strains from these three countries. Both of our French TULV strains clustered together and formed a distinct, well-supported genetic lineage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 21 (Haartmaninkatu 3), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Angelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plyusnina
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deter
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Charbonnel
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cosson
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plyusnin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology; D005602:France; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D029262:Puumala virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins