First molecular evidence for Puumala hantavirus in Slovakia

Virus Genes. 2001;23(2):165-9. doi: 10.1023/a:1011840104037.

Abstract

We report on the first Puumala hantavirus nucleotide sequence (strain Opina-916) amplified from a bank vole trapped in Slovakia, central Europe. Phylogenetic analysis of the S-segment sequence grouped the virus within the western/central European sublineage of Puumala virus. In the neighborhood of the rodent trapping site two cases of human infection by the Puumala virus were verified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arvicolinae / virology*
  • Hantavirus Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Phylogeny
  • Puumala virus / classification
  • Puumala virus / genetics
  • Puumala virus / isolation & purification*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Slovakia / epidemiology