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Volume 23, Number 6—June 2017
Research Letter

Endemic Hantavirus in Field Voles, Northern England

Anna G. Thomason, Michael Begon, Janette E. Bradley, Steve Paterson, and Joseph A. JacksonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Salford, Salford, UK (A.G. Thomason, J.A. Jackson); University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (M. Begon, S. Paterson); University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (J.E. Bradley)

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Investigation of Tatenale virus–like hantavirus lineages in the United Kingdom. A) Locations on the UK mainland where Tatenale virus–like hantavirus lineages have been found: Tattenhall, Cheshire, the site where Tatenale virus was discovered (1); and Kielder Forest, Northumberland. Kielder Forest sample sites are indicated in the inset (Geordies Knowe [GRD]: 55°11′1.61′′N, 2°35′3.05′′W; Cheese Sike [CHE]: 55°13′8.39′′N, 2°32′26.50′′W; Scaup [SCP]: 55°15′44.18′′N, 2°32′41.05′′W). B) Bayesian phyl

Figure. Investigation of Tatenale virus–like hantavirus lineages in the United Kingdom. A) Locations on the UK mainland where Tatenale virus–like hantavirus lineages have been found: Tattenhall, Cheshire, the site where Tatenale virus was discovered (1); and Kielder Forest, Northumberland. Kielder Forest sample sites are indicated in the inset (Geordies Knowe [GRD]: 55°11′1.61′′N, 2°35′3.05′′W; Cheese Sike [CHE]: 55°13′8.39′′N, 2°32′26.50′′W; Scaup [SCP]: 55°15′44.18′′N, 2°32′41.05′′W). B) Bayesian phylogenetic tree for the hantavirus genomic large segment (318-bp fragment with no missing data), showing relationships among Tatenale virus-like lineages and other relevant lineages. Bold represents the Tatenale virus–like lineage found in this study; either sequence reported here produces the same tree. Phylogenetic analysis was conducted by using a general time reversible plus gamma plus invariant sites model within MrBayes (8) software using Markov chain Monte Carlo chain lengths of 1 million and a strict clock. We estimated substitution models using MrModelTestV2 (9). Sequences are represented by the taxonomic names, strain (if >1 is included), and GenBank accession numbers. The tree is drawn to scale with node values representing the posterior probabilities. Scale bar represents nucleotide substitutions per site. ADLV, Adler virus; CATV, Catacamas virus; HOKV, Hokkaido virus; KBRV, Khabarovsk virus; LNV, Laguna Negra virus; PHV, Prospect Hill virus; PUUV, Puumala virus; TULV, Tula virus.

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