Identification of orthohantaviruses detected for the first time in the Republic of Belarus
- Authors: Semizhon P.A.1, Scheslenok E.P.1, Dubkov N.A.1, Sukhotskaya E.A.1, Stolbunova K.A.2, Popov I.V.3, Popov I.V.3, Alekseev A.Y.2, Kabwe E.4, Davidyuk Y.N.4
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Affiliations:
- Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
- Research Institute of Virology, Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine
- Don State Technical University
- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University
- Issue: Vol 70, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 87-98
- Section: ORIGINAL RESEARCH
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0507-4088/article/view/287913
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.36233/0507-4088-292
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/rzopww
- ID: 287913
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Introduction. Monitoring of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) pathogens in the Republic of Belarus is necessary and relevant, since the number of HFRS cases in the population has increased in recent years, and genetic characteristics of the pathogens remain unidentified.
Aim of the study. Identification of orthohantaviruses circulating in the territory of the Republic of Belarus and defining of their genetic characteristics.
Materials and methods. Screening of 613 samples from small mammals caught in the territory of the Republic of Belarus was carried out by the real time PCR method using the test system «Belar-GLPS-PCR/RV». Positive samples were sequenced by the Sanger method. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis was carried out using the MegAlign programs from the Lasergene package (DNASTAR, USA) and MEGA 11.
Results. The primary screening yielded 32 PCR-positive samples (5.2%), of which 24 belonged to Puumala virus (PUUV) and 8 to Dobrava-Belgrade virus (DOBV). Three nucleotide sequences of the M-segment region of PUUV, two sequences of the 291-base pair (bp) M-segment region and one sequence of the 348-bp S-segment region of DOBV were sequenced. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis showed that the identified PUUV sequences belong to the Russian genetic lineage, to the same sublineage as the strains common in the Moscow and Kursk regions. The identified DOBV ssequences demonstrated the closest relationship to the strains from the central region of the European part of Russia.
Conclusion. The results of molecular biological analysis showed that PUUV circulates in the territory of the Republic of Belarus and is widespread. At the same time, DOBV was detected in four regions of the republic, which indicates an expansion of the range of this HFRS pathogen. In the Republic of Belarus, nucleotide sequences of orthohantaviruses were obtained for the first time and their molecular genetic analysis was carried out.
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Pavel A. Semizhon
Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
Author for correspondence.
Email: pavel5555@tut.by
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7986-8299
PhD, Head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Immunodiagnostics of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Belarus, 220099, MinskElena P. Scheslenok
Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
Email: elena_pavlovna@tut.by
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8143-684X
PhD, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Biotechnology and Immunodiagnostics of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Belarus, 220099, MinskNikita A. Dubkov
Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
Email: dubkov.nikita@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-8488-4307
Researcher at the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Immunodiagnostics of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Russian Federation, 220099, MinskElizaveta A. Sukhotskaya
Republican Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
Email: elissuchozkaja5@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-0439-6363
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Biotechnology and Immunodiagnostics of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Belarus, 220099, MinskKristina A. Stolbunova
Research Institute of Virology, Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine
Email: kristina.sunwo@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3376-945X
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Virus Genomics and Evolution, Research Institute of Virology
Russian Federation, 630060, NovosibirskIgor V. Popov
Don State Technical University
Email: ipopov@donstu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9223-8731
Junior Researcher, Faculty of Bioengineering and Veterinary Medicine
Russian Federation, 344003, Rostov-on-DonIlia V. Popov
Don State Technical University
Email: ivpopov@donstu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7947-1654
Junior Researcher, Faculty of Bioengineering and Veterinary Medicine
Russian Federation, 344003, Rostov-on-DonAlexander Y. Alekseev
Research Institute of Virology, Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine
Email: ayalekseev@frcftm.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0015-9305
PhD, Senior Researcher at the Research Institute of Virology
Russian Federation, 630060, NovosibirskEmmanuel Kabwe
Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University
Email: emmanuelkabwe@ymail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4328-8190
PhD, Senior Research Fellow at Laboratory OpenLab «Gene and Cell Technologies», Scientific and Clinical Center for Precision and Regenerative Medicine
Russian Federation, 420008, KazanYuri N. Davidyuk
Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University
Email: davi.djuk@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4409-2942
PhD, Senior Research Fellow at Laboratory OpenLab «Gene and Cell Technologies», Scientific and Clinical Center for Precision and Regenerative Medicine
Russian Federation, 420008, KazanReferences
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