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

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 121 - 125
• Main Authors: Oktem, I Mehmet Ali, Uyar, Yavuz, Dincer, Ender, Gozalan, Aysegul, Schlegel, Mathias, Babur, Cahit, Celebi, Bekir, Sozen, Mustafa, Karatas, Ahmet, Ozkazanc, Nuri Kaan, Matur, Ferhat, Korukluoglu, Gulay, Ulrich, Rainer G, Ertek, Mustafa, Ozkul, Aykut
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-01-2014; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal Diseases - epidemiology; Animals; Black Sea Coast; Dispatch; Dobrava-Belgrade virus; Genes, Viral; Genomics; Geography, Medical; Hantavirus; Hantavirus - classification; Hantavirus - genetics; Hantavirus Infections - veterinary; Health aspects; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Typing; Murinae - virology; Phylogeny; reservoir host; RNA; Serotyping; Turkey; viruses; Turkey; Greece; Serbia; reservoir host; viruses; Turkey; Hantavirus; Dobrava-Belgrade virus; Black Sea Coast
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2001.121024

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.