| molecular characterization of m1146, an american isolate of ljungan virus (lv) reveals the presence of a new lv genotype. | ljungan virus (lv) is a suspected human pathogen recently isolated from bank voles in sweden. this study describes the genetic characterization of a virus, m1146, which was isolated in 1962 from another vole species (microtus montanus), trapped in oregon, usa. based on antigenic properties, m1146 was postulated previously as a putative member of the family picornaviridae: the near complete genomic sequence verifies that m1146 is a member of the picornaviridae, most closely related to lvs isolate ... | 2003 | 12655084 |