[Identification and analysis of an SEO strain of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome hantavirus from Guangxi].
OBJECTIVE
To identify hantavirus from lung specimens of rats captured in Guangxi.


METHODS
Rats were collected from various areas in Guangxi in combination with plague surveillance and rat lung specimens were examined by ELISA for hantavirus antigen, and M segment of positive specimen was partially amplified with RT-PCR and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted for genotyping.


RESULTS
From a total of 306 rat lung specimens, a strain of SEO hantavirus was detected from lung specimen of a Norvegicus that was from coastal area of Guangxi Qinzhou city.


CONCLUSIONS
For the first time SEO hantanvirus was detected in the coastal area of Guangxi Qinzhou city, its epidemiological significance needs further study.
Tan
Yi
Y
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanning 530021, China. tanyigxcdc@gx163.net
Bi
Fu-yin
FY
Wei
Zeng-liang
ZL
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D006480:Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral