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ArticleViruses2021

Identification of Novel Rodent-Borne Orthohantaviruses in an Endemic Area of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka.

Devinda S Muthusinghe, Kenta Shimizu, Sithumini M W Lokupathirage, Zhouoxing Wei, Yomani D Sarathkumara, G R Amanda Fonseka, Pavani Senarathne, Nobuo Koizumi, Tomonori Kawakami, Akio Koizumi and 7 more

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Devinda S MuthusingheGraduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5137-2408
Kenta ShimizuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3825-7018
Sithumini M W LokupathirageGraduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
Zhouoxing WeiGraduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4232-3177
Yomani D SarathkumaraDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0001-9975-3165
G R Amanda FonsekaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0002-3997-3876
Pavani SenarathneDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
Nobuo KoizumiDepartment of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5733-535X
Tomonori KawakamiDepartment of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama 939-0398, Japan.
Akio KoizumiDepartment of Health and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Chaminda WickramasinghePostgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.
Hideki EbiharaDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Keita MatsunoInternational Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4205-6526
Yoshimi TsudaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Jiro ArikawaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Chandika D GamageDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya 20400, Sri Lanka.ORCID 0000-0003-0974-5730
Kumiko YoshimatsuGraduate School of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0062-2753
Hokkaido University · JPUniversity of Peradeniya · LKKyoto University · JPMayo Clinic in Arizona · USNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPToyama Prefectural University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We reported the genetic evidence of circulating hantaviruses from small mammals captured in a chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) hotspot area of Sri Lanka. The high seroprevalence of anti-hantavirus antibodies against

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AnimalsEndemic DiseasesHantavirus InfectionsMiceOrthohantavirusOrthohepadnavirusPhylogenyRatsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRodentiaSeroepidemiologic StudiesSri LankaAnjozorobe hantavirushantavirusMus boodugaThailand orthohantavirus

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PMID34696414
PMCPMC8539126
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