| genetic diversity of artybash virus in the laxmann's shrew (sorex caecutiens). | although based on very limited m and l segment sequences, artybash virus (artv) was proposed previously as a unique hantavirus harbored by the laxmann's shrew (sorex caecutiens). to verify this conjecture, lung tissues from 68 laxmann's shrews, captured during 2006 to 2014 in eastern siberia, russia, and hokkaido, japan, were analyzed for artv rna using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). artv rna was detected in six laxmann's shrews. pairwise alignment and comparison of pa ... | 2016 | 27172519 |
| geographic distribution and phylogeny of soricine shrew-borne seewis virus and altai virus in russia. | 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 (sorex daphaenodon), suggesting host sharing. in addition, genetic variants of swsv, ... | 2021 | 34372492 |