Article
Molecular evolution of Azagny virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the West African pygmy shrew (Crocidura obscurior) in Côte d'Ivoire.
Virology journal - 28 Jul 2011
Kang Hae Ji, Kadjo Blaise, Dubey Sylvain, Jacquet François, Yanagihara Richard
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Tanganya virus (TGNV), the only shrew-associated hantavirus reported to date from sub-Saharan Africa, is harbored by the Therese's shrew (Crocidura theresae), and is phylogenetically distinct from Thottapalayam virus (TPMV) in the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) and Imjin virus (MJNV) in the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura). The existence of myriad soricid-borne hantaviruses in...
Topics
- Animals
- Cluster Analysis
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Eulipotyphla
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genotype
- Orthohantavirus
- Hantavirus Infections
- Lung
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
