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    Indian J Med Microbiol. 2009 Oct-Dec;27(4):348-50.

    Hantavirus species in India: a retrospective study.

    Chandy S, Okumura M, Yoshimatsu K, Ulrich RG, John GT, Abraham P, Arikawa J, Sridharan G.

    Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Dr. Ida Scudder Road, Vellore-632 004, India. g_sridharan@yahoo.com

    Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia. There are about 20 documented hantavirus species and newer species are being described worldwide, especially in non-rodent reservoirs, i.e shrews. Focus reduction neutralization test is the classical serotyping technique for hantavirus. However, this study employs a previously established serotyping ELISA, to retrospectively analyze known hantavirus IgG reactive samples for infecting serotypes. The result suggests presence of Thailand virus- like and Hantaan virus -like strains in India.

    PMID: 19736405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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