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Isolation and characterization of a hantavirus from Lemmus sibiricus: evidence for host switch during hantavirus evolution.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 1999
Vapalahti O, Lundkvist A, Fedorov V, Conroy C J, Hirvonen S, Plyusnina A, Nemirov K, Fredga K, Cook J A, Niemimaa J, Kaikusalo A, Henttonen H, Vaheri A, Plyusnin A
Abstract excerpt
A novel hantavirus, first detected in Siberian lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus) collected near the Topografov River in the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia (A. Plyusnin et al., Lancet 347:1835-1836, 1996), was isolated in Vero E6 cells and in laboratory-bred Norwegian lemmings (Lemmus lemmus). The virus, named Topografov virus (TOP), was most closely related to Khabarovsk virus (KBR) and Puumala viruses (PUU). In a cross...
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