Shi, X. , Liang, M., Hang, C., Song, G., McCaughey, C. and Elliott, R. M. (1998) Nucleotide sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the medium (M) genomic RNA segments of three hantaviruses isolated in China. Virus Research, 56(1), pp. 69-76. (doi: 10.1016/S0168-1702(98)00065-3)
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Abstract
The medium (M) genome segment of hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) encodes the two virion glycoproteins, G1 and G2, as a precursor protein in the complementary sense RNA. We determined the nucleotide sequences of the M genome segments of three Chinese hantavirus isolates, a Hantaan-type (HTN) virus designated A9 and two Seoul-type (SEO) viruses designated L99 and HB55, and compared them to those of other HTN or SEO viruses isolated in Eastern Asia. The M segment of A9 is 3616 nucleotides in length and shows 99.5% identity at the nucleotide level and 99.1% identity at the amino acid level to that of the Chinese HTN isolate HV114. The M segments of L99 and HB55 are 3652 nucleotides in length, one nucleotide longer than the M segments of other sequenced SEO isolates such as SEO 80-39, SR-11, and Biken-1. The Chinese SEO isolates showed 95% nucleotide sequence identity and 99% amino acid sequence identity to SEO 80-39. We also sequenced a 736 nucleotides region of the M genome segment of another Chinese SEO isolate, R22, which revealed errors in the published data. Phylogenetic analysis of the available sequences indicated that both the Chinese HTN- and SEO-type viruses form lineages distinct from those of the isolates from other parts of Eastern Asia.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Elliott, Professor Richard and Shi, Dr Xiaohong |
Authors: | Shi, X., Liang, M., Hang, C., Song, G., McCaughey, C., and Elliott, R. M. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity |
Journal Name: | Virus Research |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 0168-1702 |
ISSN (Online): | 1872-7492 |
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