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Hantavirus
Reports summarize hantavirus research from Pennsylvania State University
August 5th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, "Hantaviruses are rodent-borne Bunyaviruses that infect the Arvicolinae, Murinae, and Sigmodontinae subfamilies of Muridae. The rate of molecular evolution in the hantaviruses has been previously estimated at approximately 10(-7) nucleotide substitutions per site, per year (substitutions/site/year), based on the assumption of codivergence and hence shared divergence times with their rodent hosts." "If substantiated, this would make the hantaviruses among the slowest evolving of all RNA viruses. However, as hantaviruses replicate with an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, with error...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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