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SUBMITTER: Kariwa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3284379 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kariwa Hiroaki H Yoshikawa Keisuke K Tanikawa Yoichi Y Seto Takahiro T Sanada Takahiro T Saasa Ngonda N Ivanov Leonid I LI Slonova Raisa R Zakharycheva Tatyana A TA Nakamura Ichiro I Yoshimatsu Kumiko K Arikawa Jiro J Yoshii Kentaro K Takashima Ikuo I
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120301 3
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a serious public health issue in Far East Russia. Two different hantaviruses were isolated from rodents captured in the Khabarovsk region: Amur virus (AMRV; Khekhtsir/AP209/2005 strain from Apodemus peninsulae) and Hantaan virus (HTNV; Galkino/AA57/2002 strain from A. agrarius). Genetic analysis of the new isolates revealed that the M and L segments were apparently different between AMRV and HTNV, but S segments of the two viruses were closer. The ...[more]