%0 Journal Article
%T Academ Virus, a Novel Hantavirus in the Siberian Mole (Talpa altaica) from Russia.
%A Yashina LN
%A Panov VV
%A Abramov SA
%A Smetannikova NA
%A Luchnikova EM
%A Dupal TA
%A Krivopalov AV
%A Arai S
%A Yanagihara R
%J Viruses
%V 14
%N 2
%D 02 2022 2
%M 35215906
%F 5.818
%R 10.3390/v14020309
%X To date, six hantavirus species have been detected in moles (family Talpidae). In this report, we describe Academ virus (ACDV), a novel hantavirus harbored by the Siberian mole (Talpa altaica) in Western Siberia. Genetic analysis of the complete S-, M-, and partial L-genomic segments showed that ACDV shared a common evolutionary origin with Bruges virus, previously identified in the European mole (Talpa europaea), and is distantly related to other mole-borne hantaviruses. Co-evolution and local adaptation of genetic variants of hantaviruses and their hosts, with possible reassortment events, might have shaped the evolutionary history of ACDV.