Isolation and Characterization of a Hantavirus from Lemmus sibiricus: Evidence for Host Switch during Hantavirus Evolution

A novel hantavirus, first detected in Siberian lemmings (Lemmus sibiricus) collected near the Topografov River in the Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia (A. Plyusnin et al., Lancet 347:1835–1836, 1996), was isolated in Vero E6 cells and in laboratory-bred Norwegian lemmings (Lemmus lemmus). The virus, named...

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Main Authors: Vapalahti, Olli, Lundkvist, Åke, Fedorov, Vadim, Conroy, Christopher J., Hirvonen, Sirpa, Plyusnina, Angelina, Nemirov, Kirill, Fredga, Karl, Cook, Joseph A., Niemimaa, Jukka, Kaikusalo, Asko, Henttonen, Heikki, Vaheri, Antti, Plyusnin, Alexander
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Recombination and Evolution
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC112616/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10364307
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