Hantavirus co-circulation in common shrews (<i>Sorex araneus</i>) in Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Shrews are primary hosts for mammalian hantaviruses and are thus considered to be important reservoirs for viruses, similar to rodents and bats. To explore the diversity of hantaviruses in Swedish common shrews (Sorex araneus), we investigated lung tissue from shrews collected between 2015 and 2017. The collection took place at three separate locations in south-central Sweden. Screening for hantaviruses was performed using two different approaches. (i) A total of 113 common shrews were investigated for hantaviruses by a pan-hantavirus L-gene reverse transcriptase PCR, and Sanger sequencing was performed on the 13 positive samples. (ii) In addition, 88 RNA samples were pooled into eight libraries subjected to RNA sequencing. The RNA sequencing data analysis, which focused specificall

SUBMITTER: Wasberg A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12202747 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature