
pmid: 20116854
Tula virus (TULV) and Puumala virus (PUUV) are hantaviruses carried by the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) and European common vole (Microtus arvalis), respectively. PUUV is a causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), while TULV is thought to be apathogenic to humans. The N-terminal regions of the N proteins from TULV and PUUV were expressed and applied as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antigens. Colonized Japanese grass voles (Microtus montebelli) and BALB/c mice were used for experimental inoculation of the vole-borne hantaviruses TULV and PUUV. Voles and mice showed significant antibody production toward both viruses, but these antisera showed little cross-reactivity between TULV and PUUV in the immunofluorescence antibody assay and ELISA. In contrast, sera from patients with HFRS caused by PUUV exhibited high cross-reactivity against the TULV antigen, and sera from a natural rodent reservoir showed moderate cross-reactivity against the heterologous antigen, indicating that the antigenic cross-reactivity between TULV and PUUV differs in sera from rodents and humans.
Orthohantavirus, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Arvicolinae, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Cross Reactions, Nucleocapsid Proteins, Antibodies, Viral, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Puumala virus, Cell Line, Mice, Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Animals, Humans, RNA, Viral, Antigens, Viral, Lung
Orthohantavirus, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Arvicolinae, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Cross Reactions, Nucleocapsid Proteins, Antibodies, Viral, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Puumala virus, Cell Line, Mice, Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Animals, Humans, RNA, Viral, Antigens, Viral, Lung
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