Article
Genetic characterization of a new hantavirus detected in Microtus arvalis from Slovakia.
Virus genes - 1 Jan 1995
Sibold C, Sparr S, Schulz A, Labuda M, Kozuch O, Lysý J, Krüger D H, Meisel H
Abstract excerpt
A new hantavirus, called Malacky, has been identified in lung tissue specimens of a vole, Microtus arvalis, by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The voles were trapped in a geographical area in Slovakia where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is endemic in t...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Arvicolinae
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Orthohantavirus
- Lung
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Slovakia