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Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018
Dispatch

Importation of Human Seoul Virus Infection to Germany from Indonesia

Jörg Hofmann1Comments to Author , Sabrina Weiss1, Martin Kuhns, Annekathrin Zinke, Heike Heinsberger, and Detlev H. Kruger
Author affiliations: Charité–University of Medicine Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany (J. Hofmann, S. Weiss, D.H. Kruger); Humboldt University, Berlin (J. Hofmann, S. Weiss, D.H. Kruger); Medilys Laborgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany (M. Kuhns); Asklepios Hospital Harburg, Hamburg (A. Zinke, H. Heinsberger)

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Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees of partial RNA segments of orthohantaviruses. A) Large RNA segments based on a 347-nt alignment and the general time reversible plus gamma distribution model of nucleotide substitution. B) Small RNA segments based on a 318-nt alignment and the Hasegawa–Kishino–Yano 85 plus gamma distribution model. Trees were constructed by using PhyML3.0 (8) and the best-fitting model according to smart model selection in this software and 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Values

Figure. Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic trees of partial RNA segments of orthohantaviruses. A) Large RNA segments based on a 347-nt alignment and the general time reversible plus gamma distribution model of nucleotide substitution. B) Small RNA segments based on a 318-nt alignment and the Hasegawa–Kishino–Yano 85 plus gamma distribution model. Trees were constructed by using PhyML3.0 (8) and the best-fitting model according to smart model selection in this software and 1,000 bootstrap replicates. Values along branches are bootstrap values >75% for major clades. GenBank accession number, strain, country of origin, and host are shown for each virus isolate. Bold indicates SEOV isolated from the patient in this study. Blue indicates SEOV strains from Asia, green indicates SEOV strains from Europe, and red indicates SEOV strains from the Americas. Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site. *Sequences from viruses of human origin. ANDV, Andes virus; Be, Belgium; Ch, China; DOBV, Dobrava-Belgrade virus; Fr, France; HNTV, Hantaan virus; Hs, Homo sapiens; In, Indonesia; Jp, Japan; La, Laos; NK, North Korea; PUUV, Puumala virus; Rn, Rattus norvegicus; Rt, R. tanezumi; SEOV, Seoul virus; SERV, Serang virus; Si, Singapore; SK, South Korea; SNV, Sin nombre virus; THAIV, Thailand virus; TULV, Tula virus; UK, United Kingdom; US, United States; Vie, Vietnam.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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