Isolation of Dobrava virus from Apodemus flavicollis in Greece

A Papa; K Nemirov; H Henttonen; J Niemimaa; A Antoniadis; A Vaheri; A Plyusnin; O Vapalahti

doi:10.1128/JCM.39.6.2291-2293.2001

Isolation of Dobrava virus from Apodemus flavicollis in Greece

J Clin Microbiol. 2001 Jun;39(6):2291-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2291-2293.2001.

Authors

A Papa¹, K Nemirov, H Henttonen, J Niemimaa, A Antoniadis, A Vaheri, A Plyusnin, O Vapalahti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, 54006 Thessaloniki, Greece. anaap@med.auth.gr

Abstract

Dobrava virus (DOBV) carried by Apodemus flavicollis is the causative agent of severe hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). DOBV was isolated from an A. flavicollis mouse trapped in northeastern Greece. This is the third DOBV cell culture isolate in the world, clustering together with other Greek DOBV sequences from HFRS patients and rodents.

MeSH terms

Animals
Chlorocebus aethiops
Disease Reservoirs*
Greece
Hantavirus Infections / virology*
Lung / virology*
Molecular Sequence Data
Muridae / virology*
Orthohantavirus / classification
Orthohantavirus / genetics
Orthohantavirus / isolation & purification*
Phylogeny
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Vero Cells
Virus Cultivation / methods

Associated data

GENBANK/AF294722
GENBANK/AF294723