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Characterization of Imjin Virus, a Newly Isolated Hantavirus from the Ussuri White-Toothed Shrew ( Crocidura lasiura )
9 Apr 2009
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Until recently, the single known exception to the rodent-hantavirus association was Thottapalayam virus (TPMV), a long-unclassified virus isolated from the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus). Robust gene amplification techniques have now uncovered several genetically distinct hantaviruses from shrews in widely separated geographic regions. Here, we report the characterization of a newly identified hantavirus,...
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