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Imjin thottimvirus

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Imjin thottimvirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Thottimvirus
Species:
Imjin thottimvirus
Synonyms[1]
  • Imjin orthohantavirus

Imjin thottimvirus (MJNV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the orthohantavirus genus in the Bunyavirales order. It is a newly identified hantavirus isolated from the lung tissues of Ussuri white-toothed shrews of the species Crocidura lasiura (order Soricomorpha, family Soricidae, subfamily Crocidurinae) captured near the demilitarized zone in the Republic of Korea during 2004 and 2005.

Virology

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Phylogenetic analyses demonstrates a common ancestry with Thottopalayam thottimvirus suggesting early evolutionary divergence. It is still unknown if MJNV is pathogenic for humans.[2]

MJNV has been shown to be a genetically unique hantavirus. Multiple strains have been isolated from the lung tissues of Ussuri white-toothed shrews captured between 2004 and 2010. Partial M- and L-segment sequences from lung tissues of 12 of 37 (32.4%) anti-MJNV IgG antibody-positive shrews revealed that the 12 MJNV strains differed by 0–12.2% and 0–2.3% at the nucleotide and amino acid levels. A similar degree of nucleotide and amino acid difference was found in a 632-nucleotide length of the L segment of nine MJNV strains. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated a geographic relationship similar to the phylogeography of rodent-borne hantaviruses.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Briese, Thomas. "In the genus Hantavirus (proposed family Hantaviridae, proposed order Bunyavirales), create 24 new species, abolish 7 species, change the demarcation criteria, and change the name of the genus to Orthohantavirus; likewise, rename its constituent species" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Song, JW; Kang, HJ; Gu, SH; Moon, SS; Bennett, SN; Song, KJ; Baek, LJ; Kim, HC; O'Guinn, ML; Chong, ST; Klein, TA; Yanagihara, R (Jun 2009). "Characterization of Imjin virus, a newly isolated hantavirus from the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura)". J Virol. 83 (12): 6184–91. doi:10.1128/JVI.00371-09. PMC 2687366. PMID 19357167.
  3. ^ Gu, SH; Kang, HJ; Baek, LJ; Noh, JY; Kim, HC; Klein, TA; Yanagihara, R; Song, JW (2011). "Genetic diversity of Imjin virus in the Ussuri white-toothed shrew (Crocidura lasiura) in the Republic of Korea, 2004–2010". Virol J. 8: 56. doi:10.1186/1743-422X-8-56. PMC 3046926. PMID 21303516.
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