| isolation and characterization of puumala hantavirus from norway: evidence for a distinct phylogenetic sublineage. | puumala (puu) hantavirus is the aetiological agent of nephropathia epidemica (ne), a mild form of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, which occurs in fennoscandia, central europe and russia. in norway, ne-like disease has been reported since 1946 and about 50 cases are diagnosed annually; however, the causative agent has not been characterized. in this study, a virus originating from bank voles (clethrionomys glareolus) trapped near the town of eidsvoll (akershus county) was isolated and pas ... | 1998 | 9820135 |