| hantaviruses in finnish soricomorphs: evidence for two distinct hantaviruses carried by sorex araneus suggesting ancient host-switch. | hantaviruses are emerging viruses carried by rodents, soricomorphs (shrews and moles) and bats. in finland, puumala virus (puuv) was for years the only hantavirus detected. in 2009, however, seewis virus (swsv) was reported from archival common shrew (sorex araneus) samples collected in 1982 in finland. to elucidate the diversity of hantaviruses in soricomorphs in finland, 180 individuals were screened, representing seven species captured from 2001 to 2012: hantavirus rna was screened using rt-p ... | 2014 | 24997334 |
| co-circulation of soricid- and talpid-borne hantaviruses in poland. | previously, we reported the discovery of a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated boginia virus (bogv), in the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens), as well as the detection of seewis virus (swsv) in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus), in central poland. in this expanded study of 133 shrews and 69 moles captured during 2010-2013 in central and southeastern poland, we demonstrate the co-circulation of bogv in the eurasian water shrew and swsv in the eurasian common shrew, eurasian py ... | 2014 | 25445646 |
| boginia virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) in poland. | guided by decades-old reports of hantaviral antigens in the eurasian common shrew (sorex araneus) and the eurasian water shrew (neomys fodiens) in european russia, we employed rt-pcr to analyze lung tissues of soricine shrews, captured in boginia, huta dłutowska and kurowice in central poland during september 2010, 2011 and 2012. | 2013 | 23693084 |