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Geographic Distribution and Phylogeny of Soricine Shrew-Borne Seewis Virus and Altai Virus in Russia.
Viruses - 1 Jul 2021
Yashina Liudmila N, Abramov Sergey A, Zhigalin Alexander V, Smetannikova Natalia A, Dupal Tamara A, Krivopalov Anton V, Kikuchi Fuka, Senoo Kae, Arai Satoru, Mizutani Tetsuya, Suzuki Motoi, Cook Joseph A, Yanagihara Richard
Abstract excerpt
The discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) in multiple species of shrews, moles and bats has revealed a complex evolutionary history involving cross-species transmission. Seewis virus (SWSV) is widely distributed throughout the geographic ranges of its soricid hosts, including the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus), tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) and Siberian large-toothed shrew...
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