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Genetic diversities of hantaviruses among rodents in Hokkaido, Japan and Far East Russia.
Virus research - 1 Feb 1999
Kariwa H, Yoshimatsu K, Sawabe J, Yokota E, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Fukushima H, Lundkvist A, Shubin F N, Isachkova L M, Slonova R A, Leonova G N, Hashimoto N
Abstract excerpt
Seroepizootiologic surveys among wild rodents were carried out in Japan and Far East Russia in 1995 and 1996. Seropositive animals were only identified in Clethrionomys rufocanus (23/134) in Hokkaido, Japan. On the other hand, seropositives were identified in C. rufocanus (1/8), Apodemus agrarius (2/66), Apodemus spp. (2/26) and Microtus fortis (3/22) in Vladivostok, Far East Russia. Total RNA was isolated from...
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