First molecular evidence of Tula hantavirus in Microtus voles in Slovenia.
Different Microtus species, present in a worldwide range habitat populating North America, Europe, Asia, and few other species have been recognized previously as a hantavirus reservoir. Tula hantavirus was first reported in Microtus arvalis and Microtus rossiaemeridionalis from Central Russia and later discovered in several European countries. Using molecular techniques we have demonstrated the presence of Tula hantavirus in three different Microtus species in Slovenia. Phylogenetic analyses of partial S segment placed Slovenian strains in the same genetic lineage as Austrian and Croatian strains.
Korva
Misa
M
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Zaloska 4, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Duh
Darja
D
Puterle
Ajda
A
Trilar
Tomi
T
Zupanc
Tatjana Avsic
TA
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000821:virology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D017524:Slovenia
D012367:RNA, Viral