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Discovery of hantavirus circulating among Rattus rattus in French Mayotte island, Indian Ocean.
The Journal of general virology - 1 May 2016
Filippone Claudia, Castel Guillaume, Murri Séverine, Beaulieux Frédérik, Ermonval Myriam, Jallet Corinne, Wise Emma L, Ellis Richard J, Marston Denise A, McElhinney Lorraine M, Fooks Anthony R, Desvars Amélie, Halos Lénaı G, Vourc'h Gwenaël, Marianneau Philippe, Tordo Noël
Abstract excerpt
Hantaviruses are emerging zoonotic viruses that cause human diseases. In this study, sera from 642 mammals from La Réunion and Mayotte islands (Indian Ocean) were screened for the presence of hantaviruses by molecular analysis. None of the mammals from La Réunion island was positive, but hantavirus genomic RNA was discovered in 29/160 (18 %) Rattus rattus from Mayotte island. The nucleoprotein coding region was...
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