Hantavirus Species in India: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Hantaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Europe and Asia. There are about 20 documented hantavirus species and newer species are being described worldwide, especially in non-rodent reservoirs, i.e shrews. Focus reduction neutralization test is the classical serotyping technique for hantavirus. However, this study employs a previously established serotyping ELISA, to retrospectively analyze known hantavirus IgG reactive samples for infecting serotypes. The result suggests presence of Thailand virus-like and Hantaan virus-like strains in India.

Identification of Novel Rodent-Borne Orthohantaviruses in an Endemic Area of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

“…The pathogenicity of these viruses remains unexplained because of the lack of data. Although several sero-epidemiological reports have described human infections involving THAIV in Thailand, India, and Sri Lanka [ 14 , 15 , 16 ] and ANJZV in Madagascar [ 17 ], there are no confirmed clinical cases of HFRS or HCPS documented in South Asia or Southeast Asia. Epidemiological information on hantaviruses and their hosts is limited, particularly in South Asian countries [ 8 ].…”