@article{fdi:010044240,
  title = {{R}ecent discoveries of new {H}antaviruses widen their range and question their origins},
  author = {{H}enttonen, {H}. and {B}uchy, {P}. and {S}uputtamongkol, {Y}. and {J}ittapalapong, {S}. and {H}erbreteau, {V}incent and {L}aakkonen, {J}. and {C}haval, {Y}. and {G}alan, {M}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier and {C}harbonnell, {N}. and {M}ichaux, {J}. and {C}osson, {J}. {F}. and {M}orand, {S}. and {H}ugot, {J}ean-{P}ierre},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}antaviruses belong to the {B}unyaviridae family. {W}hile usually hosted by wild mammals, they are potentially pathogenic for humans, and several serologically distinct groups associated with different syndromes have been identified. {Y}et, investigations have mostly been conducted where human infections by hantaviruses constitute a real and well-identified public health problem, i.e., the holarctic and neotropical areas. {S}ome hantaviruses have also been described from a {S}uncus murinus in {I}ndia and a {B}andicota indica in {T}hailand. {I}n addition, recent investigations in {C}ambodia revealed new {H}antavirus types. {M}ore recently, two new {H}antavirus species were described: {S}angassou from a {H}ylomyscus simus, and {T}anganya from a {C}rocidura theresae, both from {A}frica ({G}uinea), thus strongly questioning the current views about geographic range, evolution, and epidemiology of hantaviruses. {I}n such a framework, we have conducted a survey of {H}antavirus diversity in {S}outheast {A}sia which allows us to isolate the {T}hailand virus and address questions about the taxonomy of their rodent hosts. {H}ere we present a molecular analysis of representatives of all currently known {H}antavirus species, thus allowing the comparison between the newly described ones with a large range sample of rodent hantaviruses. {O}ur results clearly point to the presence of a particular lineage of hantaviruses in {S}outheast {A}sia. {I}t also strongly suggests that new viruses, additional mammalian hosts and different related syndromes in humans are likely to be discovered in the near future, particularly in {S}outheast {A}sia and in {A}frica, where {M}uridae rodents are highly diversified. {F}urthermore, additional work is also urgently needed to investigate the hantaviruses associated with {C}rociduridae and {S}oricidae.},
  keywords = {rodent-borne ; shrew-borne ; hantaviruses ; {T}hottapalayam ; {S} gene ; phylogeny ; {B}ayesian analysis ; biogeography ; coevolution},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nnals of the {N}ew {Y}ork {A}cademy of {S}ciences},
  volume = {1149},
  numero = {},
  pages = {84--89},
  ISSN = {0077-8923},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1196/annals.1428.064},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044240},
}