Identifying the animal reservoirs from which zoonotic viruses will likely emerge is central to
understanding the determinants of disease emergence. Accordingly, there has been an …

Highlights•Biodiversity surveys have revealed additional mammalian hosts of
hantaviruses.•Rodents, bats, and Soricomorpha (moles and shrews) are the most common …

The official classification of newly discovered or long-known unassigned viruses by the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) requires the deposition of coding …

Rodents have long been recognized as the principal reservoirs of hantaviruses. However,
with the discovery of genetically distinct and phylogenetically divergent lineages of …

Shrews (Soricidae) are common small wild mammals. Some species of shrews, such as
Asian house shrews (Suncus murinus), have a significant overlap in their habitats with …

Various hantaviruses have been discovered in unconventional hosts (shrews and bats) in
Africa. Up to now, it was unknown whether these viruses pose a threat for human health. In …

Rodents are a speciose group of mammals with strong zoonotic potential. Some parts of
Africa are still underexplored for the occurrence of rodent-borne pathogens, despite this high …

With the recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) in shrews
(order Eulipotyphla, family Soricidae), the once-conventional view that rodents (order …

The recent discovery of genetically distinct hantaviruses in multiple species of shrews and
moles (order Eulipotyphla, families Soricidae and Talpidae) prompted a further exploration …

The discovery of highly divergent lineages of hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) in shrews,
moles, and bats of multiple species raises the possibility that non-rodent hosts may have …