Jakab Ferenc, Horváth Gyozo, Ferenczi Emoke, Sebok Judit, Szucs György
Institute of Biology, University of Pécs, Ifjúság út 6, 7624, Pecs, Hungary,
Arch Virol. 2008;153(11):2093-6. doi: 10.1007/s00705-008-0216-5. Epub 2008 Oct 4.
Tula hantavirus (TULV) is a member of the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae and is mainly carried by the European common vole (Microtus arvalis). In order to detect TULV, we tested Microtus arvalis (MAR) and Microtus subterraneus (MSU) voles captured in two different locations of the Southern Transdanubian region of Hungary. The viral genome was detectable in 37% of the tested MAR voles but, interestingly, was absent in all MSU. Phylogenetic analysis performed with a partial coding sequence of the capsid gene showed that Hungarian TULV strains clustered with viruses detected in western Slovakia and in the Czech Republic. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the identification of TULV detected in MAR voles in the Transdanubian region of Hungary.
图拉汉坦病毒（TULV）是布尼亚病毒科汉坦病毒属的成员，主要由欧洲普通田鼠（Microtus arvalis）携带。为了检测TULV，我们对在匈牙利多瑙河以南地区两个不同地点捕获的普通田鼠（MAR）和地下田鼠（MSU）进行了检测。在37%的受试MAR田鼠中可检测到病毒基因组，但有趣的是，所有MSU田鼠中均未检测到。用衣壳基因的部分编码序列进行的系统发育分析表明，匈牙利TULV毒株与在斯洛伐克西部和捷克共和国检测到的病毒聚集在一起。据我们所知，这是关于在匈牙利多瑙河以南地区MAR田鼠中检测到TULV的首次报告。
