Genetic and hosts characterization of hantaviruses in port areas in Hainan Province, P. R. China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hantaviruses (HVs) are major zoonotic pathogens in China that cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) posing a major threat to people's health. Hainan Province, an island located in Southeast China, is an ideal region for sea ports. The unique tropical monsoon climate in Hainan provides sufficient living conditions for rodents, which help spread HVs and other rodent-borne diseases. In the routine monitoring of hantavirus, there was no evidence that rodents in Hainan carried hantavirus. No patients infected with hantavirus were found in the past. However, the surveillance of HVs-carrying rodents covering the whole territory of Hainan has not stopped.

Methodology/principal findings

For the monitoring of the prevalence of HVs in rodents and the search for

SUBMITTER: Wang QW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8893628 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature