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Genetic Diversity of Artybash Virus in the Laxmann's Shrew (Sorex caecutiens).
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jul 2016
Arai Satoru, Kang Hae Ji, Gu Se Hun, Ohdachi Satoshi D, Cook Joseph A, Yashina Liudmila N, Tanaka-Taya Keiko, Abramov Sergey A, Morikawa Shigeru, Okabe Nobuhiko, Oishi Kazunori, Yanagihara Richard
Abstract excerpt
Although based on very limited M and L segment sequences, Artybash virus (ARTV) was proposed previously as a unique hantavirus harbored by the Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens). To verify this conjecture, lung tissues from 68 Laxmann's shrews, captured during 2006 to 2014 in eastern Siberia, Russia, and Hokkaido, Japan, were analyzed for ARTV RNA using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)....
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