Dobrava-Belgrade virus
| Dobrava-Belgrade virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Bunyaviridae |
| Genus: | Hantavirus |
| Species: | Dobrava-Belgrade virus |
Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV), also known as Dobrava virus, is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of Old World Hantavirus. It is one of several species of Hantavirus that is the causative agent of severe Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It was first isolated from yellow-necked mice (Apodemus flavicollis) found in Dobrava Village, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.[1] It was subsequently isolated in striped field mice in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe. It has also been found in Germany but the reservoir host there is unknown.[2]
Reservoir
Dobrava virus and the variants of Dobrava-Belgrade virus have been found in the Yellow-necked mouse [(Apodemus flavicollis) virus genotype Dobrava], the Striped field mouse [(Apodemus agrarius) virus genotype Kurkino] and Black Sea field mouse [(Apodemus ponticus) virus genotype Sochi].
Morbidity and mortality
The fatality rate is 12%, making Dobrava virus the most life-threatening hantavirus disease in Europe. Variant DOBV genotypes have different degrees of pathogenicity.[3]
See also
- Hantavirus vaccine
- Sangassou virus
- Conjunctival suffusion
- List of cutaneous conditions
- Sweating sickness, which may have been caused by a hantavirus
- 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak
References
- ↑ Avsic-Zupanc T, Xiao SY, Stojanovic R, Gligic A, van der Groen G, LeDuc JW (Oct 1992). "Characterization of Dobrava virus: a Hantavirus from Slovenia, Yugoslavia". J Med Virol. 38 (2): 132–7.
- ↑ Schlegel1 Mathias, Klempa Boris, Auste Brita, Bemmann Margrit, Schmidt-Chanasit Jonas, Büchner Thomas, Groschup Martin H., Meier Markus, Balkema-Buschmann Anne, Zoller Hinrich, Krüger Detlev H., Ulrich Rainer G. (2009). "Dobrava-Belgrade Virus Spillover Infections, Germany". Dispatch. 15 (12).
- ↑ Papa A (Aug 2012). "Dobrava-Belgrade virus: phylogeny, epidemiology, disease". Antiviral Res. 95 (2): 104–17. doi:10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.05.011.
External links
- Sloan Science and Film / Short Films / Muerto Canyon by Jen Peel 29 minutes
- "Hantaviruses, with emphasis on Four Corners Hantavirus" by Brian Hjelle, M.D., Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America