[Identification and analysis of an SEO strain of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome hantavirus from Guangxi]

Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi. 2008 Dec;22(6):443-5.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Objective: To identify hantavirus from lung specimens of rats captured in Guangxi.

Methods: Rats were collected from various areas in Guangxi in combination with plague surveillance and rat lung specimens were examined by ELISA for hantavirus antigen, and M segment of positive specimen was partially amplified with RT-PCR and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted for genotyping.

Results: From a total of 306 rat lung specimens, a strain of SEO hantavirus was detected from lung specimen of a Norvegicus that was from coastal area of Guangxi Qinzhou city.

Conclusions: For the first time SEO hantanvirus was detected in the coastal area of Guangxi Qinzhou city, its epidemiological significance needs further study.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Base Sequence
  • China / epidemiology
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome / virology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / virology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Orthohantavirus / classification*
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • Rats

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • RNA, Viral