Genetic characterization of seoul hantavirus originated from Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) captured in Belgium

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1298-1303

  Plyusnina, Angelina ^a   Heyman, Paul ^b   Baert, Kristof ^c   Stuyck, Jan ^c   Cochez, Christel ^b   Plyusnin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(phylo)genetic analysis; Hantavirus; HFRS; Seoul virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HANTAVIRUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DNA, VIRAL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEOUL VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84862653739     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23321     Document Type: Article

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