Boginia virus, a newfound hantavirus harbored by the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guided by decades-old reports of hantaviral antigens in the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) and the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) in European Russia, we employed RT-PCR to analyze lung tissues of soricine shrews, captured in Boginia, Huta Dłutowska and Kurowice in central Poland during September 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Findings

In addition to Seewis virus (SWSV), which had been previously found in Eurasian common shrews elsewhere in Europe, a genetically distinct hantavirus, designated Boginia virus (BOGV), was detected in Eurasian water shrews captured in each of the three villages. Phylogenetic analysis, using maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, showed that BOGV formed a separate lineage distantly related to SWSV.

Conclusions

Although the

SUBMITTER: Gu SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3669618 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature