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Mosquito-Associated Virus Isolation from Field-Collected Mosquitoes
Published on: August 31, 2022
[Discovery of two sub-types of Hantanvirus in Anhui mountain areas]
Zhaozhuang Luo1, Yan Liu, Hong Liu
1Anhui Anti-Epidemic Station, Hefei 230061, China.
Objective:
To investigate the existence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) foci in high mountains and forest areas.
Methods:
A survey was conducted in the areas of 1 400 meter altitude in Dabie mountain and of 1,600 meter altitude in Wannan mountain in the mid 1990's using methods related to epidemiology, geographic-epidemiology, serum epidemiology, pathogenic and molecular epidemiology.
Results:
Two strains of HFRS viruses were isolated from pulmonary tissues of Rattus niviventer and both of them were identified as A types. The analysis of the nuclei sequence showed that there were significant differences between both sub types and HTN 76-118.
Conclusion:
It was confirmed that there were HFRS foci in the areas with 2 strains possible new sub-types of HFRS.
