J 2017

Hantavirus Strains in East Africa Related to Western African Hantaviruses

TĚŠÍKOVÁ, Jana, A. BRYJOVA, Josef BRYJA, L.A. LAVRENCHENKO, Joëlle GOÜY DE BELLOCQ et. al.

Basic information

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

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.171

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00096013

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

UT WoS

000397584900011

Keywords in English

bats; East Africa; hantavirus; phylogeny; rodents

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 4/4/2018 13:49, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Abstract

V originále

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).