High genetic structuring of Tula hantavirus

• Main Authors: Schmidt, Sabrina, Saxenhofer, Moritz, Drewes, Stephan, Schlegel, Mathias, Wanka, Konrad M., Frank, Raphael, Klimpel, Sven, Von Blanckenhagen, Felix, Maaz, Denny, Herden, Christiane, Freise, Jona, Wolf, Ronny, Stubbe, Michael, Borkenhagen, Peter, Ansorge, Hermann, Eccard, Jana A., Lang, Johannes, Jourdain, Elsa, Jacob, Jens, Marianneau, Philippe, Heckel, Gerald, Ulrich, Rainer G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: 570 Life sciences; biology; Tula; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7892/boris.118940; https://boris.unibe.ch/118940/

Tula virus (TULV) is a vole-associated hantavirus with low or no pathogenicity to humans. In the present study, 686 common voles (Microtus arvalis), 249 field voles (Microtus agrestis) and 30 water voles (Arvicola spec.) were collected at 79 sites in Germany, Luxembourg and France and screened by RT...