Genetic Diversity of Thottapalayam Virus, a Hantavirus Harbored by the Asian House Shrew (Suncus murinus) in Nepal

Hae Ji Kang Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Michael Y. Kosoy Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Sanjaya K. Shrestha Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Mrigendra P. Shrestha Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Julie A. Pavlin Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Robert V. Gibbons Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Richard Yanagihara Department of Pediatrics and Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Virology and Department of Global Emerging Infections, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

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Despite the recent discovery of genetically divergent hantaviruses in shrews of multiple species in widely separated geographic regions, data are unavailable about the genetic diversity and phylogeography of Thottapalayam virus (TPMV), a hantavirus originally isolated from an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) captured in southern India more than four decades ago. To bridge this knowledge gap, the S, M, and L segments of hantavirus RNA were amplified by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction from archival lung tissues of Asian house shrews captured in Nepal from January to September 1996. Pair-wise alignment and comparison revealed approximately 80% nucleotide and > 94% amino acid sequence similarity to prototype TPMV. Phylogenetic analyses, generated by maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods, showed geographic-specific clustering of TPMV, similar to that observed for rodent- and soricid-borne hantaviruses. These findings confirm that the Asian house shrew is the natural reservoir of TPMV and suggest a long-standing virus–host relationship.

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*Address correspondence to Richard Yanagihara, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, 651 Ilalo Street, BSB320L, Honolulu, HI 96813. E-mail: yanagiha@pbrc.hawaii.edu

Authors' addresses: Hae Ji Kang and Richard Yanagihara, Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, E-mails: hyeyun.kang@gmail.com and yanagiha@pbrc.hawaii.edu. Michael Y. Kosoy, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, E-mail: mck3@cdc.gov. Sanjaya K. Shrestha and Mrigendra P. Shrestha, Research Unit—Nepal, Walter Reed Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, E-mails: shresthask@afrims.org and shresthamp@afrims.org. Julie A. Pavlin, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, E-mail: japavlin@gmail.com. Robert V. Gibbons, Department of Virology, US Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand, E-mail: Robert.Gibbons@afrims.org.

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