Serang virus

Serang virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species: Serang virus

Serang virus (SERV) is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped, novel RNA orthohantavirus.[1]

Natural reservoir

SERV was first isolated from the Asian house rat (R.Tanezumi) in Serang, Indonesia in 2008.

Virology

Phylogenetic analysis based on partial L, M and S segment nucleotide sequences show SERV is novel and distinct among the hantaviruses. It is most closely related to Thailand virus (THAIV) which is carried by the great bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica). Nucleotide sequence comparison suggests that SERV is the result of cross-species transmission from bandicoots to Asian rats.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Plyusnina A, Ibrahim IN, Plyusnin A (2009). "A newly recognized hantavirus in the Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) in Indonesia". J. Gen. Virol. 90 (Pt 1): 205–9. doi:10.1099/vir.0.006155-0. PMID 19088290.
  • Serang virus strain details
  • Guo WP, Lin XD, Wang W, Tian JH, Cong ML, Zhang HL, Wang MR, Zhou RH, Wang JB, Li MH, Xu J, Holmes EC, Zhang YZ (2013). "Phylogeny and origins of hantaviruses harbored by bats, insectivores, and rodents". PLoS Pathog. 9 (2): e1003159. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003159. PMC 3567184. PMID 23408889.


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