@article{719da932105e4daea96ab7764ac09b5b,
title = "Host switch during evolution of a genetically distinct hantavirus in the American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii)",
abstract = "A genetically distinct hantavirus, designated Oxbow virus (OXBV), was detected in tissues of an American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii), captured in Gresham, Oregon, in September 2003. Pairwise analysis of full-length S- and M- and partial L-segment nucleotide and amino acid sequences of OXBV indicated low sequence similarity with rodent-borne hantaviruses. Phylogenetic analyses using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods, and host-parasite evolutionary comparisons, showed that OXBV and Asama virus, a hantavirus recently identified from the Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides), were related to soricine shrew-borne hantaviruses from North America and Eurasia, respectively, suggesting parallel evolution associated with cross-species transmission.",
keywords = "Hantavirus, Host switching, Phylogeny, Soricid, Talpid",
author = "{Ji Kang}, Hae and Bennett, {Shannon N.} and Laurie Dizney and Laarni Sumibcay and Satoru Arai and Ruedas, {Luis A.} and Song, {Jin Won} and Richard Yanagihara",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Metro for providing access to Oxbow Regional Park. Permits for mammal trapping were obtained from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. This research was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service grants R01AI075057 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and P20RR018727 (Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence) and G12RR003061 (Research Centers in Minority Institutions) from the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, as well as grants from the American Society of Mammalogists, Sigma Delta Epsilon-Graduate Women in Science, Northwest Health Foundation and Forbes-Lea Fund at Portland State University. ",
year = "2009",
month = may,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1016/j.virol.2009.03.019",
language = "English",
volume = "388",
pages = "8--14",
journal = "Virology",
issn = "0042-6822",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "1",
}