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Evaluation of a Universal Nested Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Lyssaviruses
Published on: May 2, 2019
Identification of genetic evidence for dobrava virus spillover in rodents by nested reverse transcription (RT)-PCR
Manfred Weidmann1, P Schmidt, M Vackova
1Unit for Microbiological Preparedness and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Stefan-Meier-Str. 19, 79014 Freiburg, Germany. manfred.weidmann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Abstract:
A survey of 158 rodents caught in the Czech Republic identified Dobrava virus sequences closely related to that of the Dobrava virus type strain in Apodemus sylvaticus and Mus musculus rodents. The identity of A. sylvaticus was unequivocally confirmed by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. The data seem to indicate hantavirus spillover from Apodemus flavicollis to other rodents.

