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Genetic diversity of hantaviruses associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the far east of Russia.
Virus research - 1 Sept 2000
Yashina L N, Patrushev N A, Ivanov L I, Slonova R A, Mishin V P, Kompanez G G, Zdanovskaya N I, Kuzina I I, Safronov P F, Chizhikov V E, Schmaljohn C, Netesov S V
Abstract excerpt
To identify the hantaviruses causing hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in the Far East of Russia, blood samples collected from HFRS patients in 1994-1998, were examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. In addition, 36 sera were tested by an immunofluorescence assay for antibodies against Hantaan, Seoul, Puumala, and Khabarovsk viruses, and 54 samples were tested by plaque reduction...
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