TĚŠÍKOVÁ, Jana, A. BRYJOVA, Josef BRYJA, L.A. LAVRENCHENKO and Joëlle GOÜY DE BELLOCQ. Hantavirus Strains in East Africa Related to Western African Hantaviruses. Vector borne and zoonotic diseases. NEW ROCHELLE: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2017, vol. 17, No 4, p. 278-280. ISSN 1530-3667. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.2022.
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Original name Hantavirus Strains in East Africa Related to Western African Hantaviruses
Authors TĚŠÍKOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), A. BRYJOVA (203 Czech Republic), Josef BRYJA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), L.A. LAVRENCHENKO (643 Russian Federation) and Joëlle GOÜY DE BELLOCQ (250 France).
Edition Vector borne and zoonotic diseases, NEW ROCHELLE, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017, 1530-3667.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.171
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00096013
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.2022
UT WoS 000397584900011
Keywords in English bats; East Africa; hantavirus; phylogeny; rodents
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Hantaviruses are RNA viruses primarily carried by rodents, soricomorphs, and bats. The data about the distribution and genetic diversity of these viruses are often limited, especially in most regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, the majority of representatives were identified in western African localities, while only three hantaviruses have been reported in East Africa to date. In this study, a total of 1866 small mammals captured between 2009 and 2014 in various countries of Eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, and Tanzania) were molecularly screened for the presence of hantaviruses. Hantavirus RNA was detected in dried blood samples of the Cape pipistrelle bat (Neoromicia capensis) captured in Ethiopia and the African wood mouse (Hylomyscus endorobae) from Kenya. Phylogenetic analysis of partial genomic segments revealed that the Ethiopian sample represents a sister lineage of the Mouyassue 'virus (reported previously from the congeneric bat in Cote d'Ivoire), and the Kenyan sample is a sister lineage of the Sangassou virus (described from the same mouse genus in Guinea).
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