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Genetic similarity of Puumala viruses found in Finland and western Siberia and of the mitochondrial DNA of their rodent hosts suggests a common evolutionary origin.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2003
Dekonenko Alexander, Yakimenko Valeriy, Ivanov Alexander, Morozov Vyacheslav, Nikitin Pavel, Khasanova Samara, Dzagurova Tamara, Tkachenko Evgeniy, Schmaljohn Connie
Abstract excerpt
A total of 678 small mammals representing eight species were trapped in western Siberia in 1999-2000 and assayed for the presence of hantaviruses. Eighteen animals, all Clethrionomys species, were antigen positive by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Small and medium genome segments were recovered by RT-PCR from six samples from Clethrionomys glareolus and three from Clethrionomys rufocanus. Sequence...
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