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Newfound Hantavirus in Chinese Mole Shrew, Vietnam

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Sequence analysis of the full-length medium segment and the partial small and large segments of a hantavirus, detected by reverse transcription-PCR in lung tissues of the Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) captured in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, in December 2006, indicated that it is genetically distinct from rodentborne hantaviruses.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1311.070492

Authors: Jin-Won Song, Hae Ji Kang, Ki-Joon Song, Thang T. Truong, Shannon N. Bennett, Satoru Arai, Ninh U. Truong, Richard Yanagihara

Institutions: Korea University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, National Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology

Language: English

Topic: Viral Infections and Vectors

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Korea University, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources

Awards: Bioscience Research Infrastructure Development for Grant Enhancement and Success, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research

OpenAlex ID: W2043222843

FWCI: 4.194

Cites: 7

Cited by: 101

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