Novel hantavirus identified in European bat species Nyctalus noctula

Hantaviruses are emerging RNA viruses that cause human diseases predominantly in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Besides rodents, insectivores and bats serve as hantavirus reservoirs. We report the detection and genome characterization of a novel bat-borne hantavirus isolated from insectivorous comm...

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Published in:Infection, Genetics and Evolution
Main Authors: Straková, Petra, Dufkova, Lucie, Širmarová, Jana, Salát, Jiří, Bartonička, Tomáš, Klempa, Boris, Pfaff, Florian, Höper, Dirk, Hoffmann, Bernd, Ulrich, Rainer G., Růžek, Daniel
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2017
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Nyctalus noctula
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106157/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28025098
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2016.12.025
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Summary:Hantaviruses are emerging RNA viruses that cause human diseases predominantly in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Besides rodents, insectivores and bats serve as hantavirus reservoirs. We report the detection and genome characterization of a novel bat-borne hantavirus isolated from insectivorous common noctule bat. The newfound virus was tentatively named as Brno virus.

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