| evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the european common mole (talpa europaea). | the discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in shrews (order soricomorpha, family soricidae) from widely separated geographic regions challenges the hypothesis that rodents (order rodentia, family muridae and cricetidae) are the primordial reservoir hosts of hantaviruses and also predicts that other soricomorphs harbor hantaviruses. recently, novel hantavirus genomes have been detected in moles of the family talpidae, including the japanese shrew mole (urotrichus talpoides) and american s ... | 2009 | 19582155 |
| genetic diversity of talpa europaea and nova hanta virus (nvav) in france. | nova hantavirus (nvav) was first identified in a single european mole (talpa europaea), captured in hungary. analysis of lung tissues from 94 moles captured in france revealed nvav in 50%. based on the genetic diversity of the cytochrome b mtdna, moles collected in poitiers and bordeaux were more closely related to the iberian mole (t. occidentalis), a species previously assumed to be restricted to the iberian peninsula. several hypotheses are discussed to explain these observations: 1) presence ... | 2014 | 25530620 |
| divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (neoromicia nanus) in côte d'ivoire. | recently identified hantaviruses harbored by shrews and moles (order soricomorpha) suggest that other mammals having shared ancestry may serve as reservoirs. to investigate this possibility, archival tissues from 213 insectivorous bats (order chiroptera) were analyzed for hantavirus rna by rt-pcr. following numerous failed attempts, hantavirus rna was detected in ethanol-fixed liver tissue from two banana pipistrelles (neoromicia nanus), captured near mouyassué village in côte d'ivoire, west afr ... | 2012 | 22281072 |
| a novel hantavirus of the european mole, bruges virus, is involved in frequent nova virus coinfections. | hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses with a complex evolutionary history of virus-host coevolution and cross-species transmission. although hantaviruses have a broad reservoir host range, virus-host relationships were previously thought to be strict, with a single virus species infecting a single host species. here, we describe bruges virus, a novel hantavirus harbored by the european mole (talpa europaea), which is the well-known host of nova virus. phylogenetic analyses of all three genomic segme ... | 2018 | 29272370 |
| spatio-temporal analysis of nova virus, a divergent hantavirus circulating in the european mole in belgium. | over the last decade, the recognized host range of hantaviruses has expanded considerably with the discovery of distinct hantaviruses in shrews, moles and bats. unfortunately, in-depth studies of these viruses have been limited. here we describe a comprehensive analysis of the spatial distribution, genetic diversity and evolution of nova virus, a hantavirus that has the european mole as its natural host. our analysis demonstrated that nova virus has a high prevalence and widespread distribution ... | 2016 | 27862516 |
| isolation and partial characterization of a highly divergent lineage of hantavirus from the european mole (talpa europaea). | genetically distinct hantaviruses have been identified in five species of fossorial moles (order eulipotyphla, family talpidae) from eurasia and north america. here, we report the isolation and partial characterization of a highly divergent hantavirus, named nova virus (nvav), from lung tissue of a european mole (talpa europaea), captured in central poland in august 2013. typical hantavirus-like particles, measuring 80-120 nm in diameter, were found in nvav-infected vero e6 cells by transmission ... | 2016 | 26892544 |
| complete genome sequence of nova virus, a hantavirus circulating in the european mole in belgium. | the complete genome sequence of nova virus, a divergent hantavirus, originating from the kidney tissue of a european mole (talpa europaea) from belgium was determined. the 3 genomic segments have a total length of 11,979 nucleotides, and nucleotide identities to other nova viruses are between 80 and 89%. | 2015 | 26251483 |
| whole-genome sequence of a novel hantavirus isolated from the european mole (talpa europaea). | the complete genome sequence of nova virus, a novel hantavirus isolated from a european mole (talpa europaea) captured in central poland, was determined. the availability of this sequence will facilitate the search for other mole-borne hantaviruses and will accelerate the acquisition of new knowledge about their phylogeography and evolutionary origin. | 2015 | 26021917 |
| 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 |
| high prevalence of nova hantavirus infection in the european mole (talpa europaea) in france. | recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in shrews and moles (order soricomorpha, family soricidae and talpidae) has challenged the conventional view that rodents serve as the principal reservoir hosts. nova virus (nvav), previously identified in archival liver tissue of a single european mole (talpa europaea) from hungary, represents one of the most highly divergent hantaviruses identified to date. to ascertain the spatial distribution and genetic diversity of nvav, we employed rt- ... | 2014 | 24044372 |