• Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. · Mar 2012

    Isolation and characterization of hantaviruses in Far East Russia and etiology of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in the region.

    • Hiroaki Kariwa, Keisuke Yoshikawa, Yoichi Tanikawa, Takahiro Seto, Takahiro Sanada, Ngonda Saasa, Leonid I Ivanov, Raisa Slonova, Tatyana A Zakharycheva, Ichiro Nakamura, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Jiro Arikawa, Kentaro Yoshii, and Ikuo Takashima.
    • Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. kariwa@vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
    • Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2012 Mar 1;86(3):545-53.

    AbstractHemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a serious public health issue in Far East Russia. Two different hantaviruses were isolated from rodents captured in the Khabarovsk region: Amur virus (AMRV; Khekhtsir/AP209/2005 strain from Apodemus peninsulae) and Hantaan virus (HTNV; Galkino/AA57/2002 strain from A. agrarius). Genetic analysis of the new isolates revealed that the M and L segments were apparently different between AMRV and HTNV, but S segments of the two viruses were closer. The antigenicities of AMRV, HTNV, and Seoul virus (SEOV) were differentiated by cross-neutralization. Serological differential diagnoses of 67 HFRS patients in the Prymorsky and Khabarovsk regions of Far East Russia were conducted using a neutralization test. The results revealed that the major cause of HFRS varied with location in Far East Russia: SEOV for Vladivostok city in the Prymorsky region, AMRV in rural areas of the Primorsky region, and probably HTNV for the Khabarovsk region.

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