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SUBMITTER: Song JW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2186316 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Song Jin-Won JW Gu Se Hun SH Bennett Shannon N SN Arai Satoru S Puorger Maria M Hilbe Monika M Yanagihara Richard R
Virology journal 20071030
More than 20 years ago, hantaviral antigens were reported in tissues of the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus), Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) and common mole (Talpa europea), suggesting that insectivores, or soricomorphs, might serve as reservoirs of unique hantaviruses. Using RT-PCR, sequences of a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated Seewis virus (SWSV), were amplified from lung tissue of a Eurasian common shrew, captured in October 2006 in Graubünden, Switzerland. Pair-wise ...[more]