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Published on: August 27, 2019
Novel hantavirus identified in European bat species Nyctalus noctula
Petra Straková1, Lucie Dufkova2, Jana Širmarová2
1Department of Virology, Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic; Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic; Institute for Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
Abstract:
Hantaviruses are emerging RNA viruses that cause human diseases predominantly in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Besides rodents, insectivores and bats serve as hantavirus reservoirs. We report the detection and genome characterization of a novel bat-borne hantavirus isolated from insectivorous common noctule bat. The newfound virus was tentatively named as Brno virus.
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