| genetic diversity of hantaviruses isolated in china and characterization of novel hantaviruses isolated from niviventer confucianus and rattus rattus. | the antigenic and genetic properties of 46 hantaviruses from china, 13 from patients, 23 from rodents, and 10 from unknown hosts, were compared with those of other hantaviruses. the viruses were classified as either hantaan (htn) or seoul (seo) viruses. a phylogenetic analysis of the partial m (300 bp) and s (around 485 bp) genomes of htn viruses identified nine distinct genetic subtypes, one consisting of isolates from korea. the seo viruses were divided into five genetic subtypes, although the ... | 2000 | 11118357 |
| rats (rattus norvegicus and rattus losea) harboring seoul hantavirus in qingyuan, southern china: a survey during 2011-2013. | hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (hfrs) is a zoonotic disease, which threatens public health and its incidence has increased sharply up to the present time in southern china. a survey of hfrs including in both the natural hosts and humans conducted in qingyuan, southern china, during 2011-2013 revealed that one, two and seven confirmed cases of hfrs occurred in 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. rodent densities ranged 1.73%-12.2% and seoul hantavirus was detected by rt-pcr only in rattus n ... | 2014 | 25417507 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |