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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Divergent Hantavirus in Somali Shrews (

Dorcus C A Omoga, David P Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin O Ogola, Gilbert Rotich, Joseph N Muthoni, Dickens O Ondifu, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, Rosemary Sang

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Dorcus C A OmogaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
David P TchouassiInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0001-9910-4704
Marietjie VenterZoonotic arbo and Respiratory Virus Research Program, Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health, University of Pretoria, Gezina 0031, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2696-824X
Edwin O OgolaInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-4415-8366
Gilbert RotichInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
Joseph N MuthoniInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
Dickens O OndifuInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
Baldwyn TortoInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
Sandra JunglenInstitute of Virology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Free University Berlin, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Rosemary SangInternational Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi P.O. Box 30772-00100, Kenya.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology · KEBerlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft JU 2857/9-1 and JU 2857/9-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hantaviruses are zoonotic rodent-borne viruses that are known to infect humans and cause various symptoms of disease, including hemorrhagic fever with renal and cardiopulmonary syndromes. They have a segmented single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA genome and are widely distributed. This study aimed to investigate the circulation of rodent-borne hantaviruses in peridomestic rodents and shrews in two semi-arid ecologies within the Kenyan Rift Valley. The small mammals were trapped using baited folding Sherman traps set within and around houses, then they were sedated and euthanatized through cervical dislocation before collecting blood and tissue samples (liver, kidney, spleen, and lungs). Tissue samples were screened with pan-hantavirus PCR primers, targeting the large genome segment (L) encoding the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Eleven of the small mammals captured were shrews (11/489, 2.5%) and 478 (97.5%) were rodents. A cytochrome b gene-based genetic assay for shrew identification confirmed the eleven shrews sampled to be

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Crocidura somalicahantavirusKenyaphylogeneticsshrews

Identifiers

PMID37242355
PMCPMC10221196
OpenAlexW4378515765

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