Hantavirus species in India: a retrospective study.
Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia. There are about 20 documented hantavirus species and newer species are being described worldwide, especially in non-rodent reservoirs, i.e shrews. Focus reduction neutralization test is the classical serotyping technique for hantavirus. However, this study employs a previously established serotyping ELISA, to retrospectively analyze known hantavirus IgG reactive samples for infecting serotypes. The result suggests presence of Thailand virus- like and Hantaan virus -like strains in India.
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Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Dr. Ida Scudder Road, Vellore-632 004, India. g_sridharan@yahoo.com
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D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006476:Orthohantavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods
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