Dobrava-Belgrade virus in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice, Turkey

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jan;20(1):121-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2001.121024.

Abstract

In 2009, human Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV) infections were reported on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. Serologic and molecular studies of potential rodent reservoirs demonstrated DOBV infections in Apodemus flavicollis and A. uralensis mice. Phylogenetic analysis of DOBV strains showed their similarity to A. flavicollis mice-borne DOBV in Greece, Slovenia, and Slovakia.

Keywords: Black Sea Coast; Dobrava-Belgrade virus; Hantavirus; Turkey; reservoir host; viruses.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animals
  • Genes, Viral
  • Geography, Medical
  • Hantavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Typing
  • Murinae / virology*
  • Orthohantavirus / classification*
  • Orthohantavirus / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Serotyping
  • Turkey

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