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A new hantavirus, called Malacky, has been identified in lung tissue specimens of a vole,Microtus arvalis, by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The voles were trapped in a geographical area in Slovakia where hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is endemic in the human population. Sequence analysis of a major part of the S segment showed this virus to represent a new subtype within Tula, a new hantavirus genetic group defined very recently.
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The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to the EMBL (European Bioinformatics Institute) nucleotide sequence database and have been assigned the accession number Z48235.
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Sibold, C., Sparr, S., Schulz, A. et al. Genetic characterization of a new hantavirus detected inMicrotus arvalis from Slovakia. Virus Genes 10, 277–281 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701817
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