| molecular and serological evidence for seoul virus in rats (rattus norvegicus) in zhangmu, tibet, china. | we report the detection of a virus, tentatively identified as seoul virus (seov), from a rat (rattus norvegicus) collected in the city of zhangmu, tibet. seov rna was detected in lung tissue by reverse transcription (rt)-pcr, followed by sequencing. serum samples collected from zhangmu were positive for seov-specific antibodies (indirect fluorescent antibody test that used seo antigen). sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of partial l and s sequences together with serology results suggest that ... | 2015 | 25772576 |