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Thottapalayam virus, a prototype shrewborne hantavirus.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2007
Song Jin-Won, Baek Luck Ju, Schmaljohn Connie S, Yanagihara Richard
Abstract excerpt
Thottapalayam virus (TPMV) has been placed in the genus Hantavirus of the family Bunyaviridae by virtue of its morphologic features and overall genetic similarities to well-characterized rodentborne hantaviruses. This virus has been isolated from the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus); however, whether TPMV is naturally harbored by an insectivore host or represents spillover from a rodent reservoir host is...
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