Evidence of recombination in Tula virus strains from Serbia

• Published in: Infection, Genetics and Evolution
• Main Authors: Nikolić, Valentina, Stajković, Novica, Stamenković, Gorana, Čekanac, Radovan, Marušić, Predrag, Siljić, Marina, Gligić, Ana, Stanojević, Maja
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier, Amsterdam 2014
• Subjects: Recombination; Tula virus; Phylogenetic analysis; Molecular evolution; Tula; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://intor.torlakinstitut.com/handle/123456789/414; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2013.08.020

Tula hantavirus (TULV) belongs to Bunyaviridae family, with negative sense RNA genome. Segmented nature of hantaviral genome allows for genetic reassortment, but the evidence of homologous recombination also exists. In this study we analyzed TULV sequences isolated in Serbia on different occasions a...