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Article

Biya River Virus, a Novel Hantavirus of the Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Russia

by
Liudmila N. Yashina
1,*,
Sergey A. Abramov
2,
Ekaterina M. Luchnikova
3,
Natalia A. Smetannikova
1,
Tatiana V. Tregubchak
1,
Tamara A. Dupal
2,
Anton V. Krivopalov
2,
Evgenia D. Vdovina
3 and
Richard Yanagihara
4,*
1
State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, 630559 Koltsovo, Russia
2
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals SB RAS, 630091 Novosibirsk, Russia
3
Department of Ecology and Environmental Management, Institute of Biology, Ecology and Natural Resources, Kemerovo State University, 650099 Kemerovo, Russia
4
Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Viruses 2025, 17(11), 1499; https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111499
Submission received: 29 September 2025 / Revised: 30 October 2025 / Accepted: 10 November 2025 / Published: 12 November 2025
(This article belongs to the Section General Virology)
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Abstract

Hantaviridae (order Bunyavirales) is a family of negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses. To date, several genetically distinct hantaviruses have been found in the same species of shrews and moles. In this report, we describe Biya River virus (BIRV), a novel hantavirus detected in the Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens), the principal host of Boginia virus (BOGV). Genetic analysis of the complete L- and M-genomic segments and partial S-genomic segments showed that BIRV shared a common evolutionary origin with shrew-borne Altai (ALTV) and Lena (LENV) viruses, belonging to the Mobatvirus genus, and that BIRV was distantly related to BOGV and other shrew- and mole-borne orthohantaviruses. Ancient cross-species transmission of hantaviruses, with subsequent diversification within the Soricinae subfamily in Eurasia, might have shaped the evolutionary history of BIRV, ALTV, and LENV.
Keywords: Hantaviridae; hantavirus; mobatvirus; shrew; evolution; Russia Hantaviridae; hantavirus; mobatvirus; shrew; evolution; Russia

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Yashina, L.N.; Abramov, S.A.; Luchnikova, E.M.; Smetannikova, N.A.; Tregubchak, T.V.; Dupal, T.A.; Krivopalov, A.V.; Vdovina, E.D.; Yanagihara, R. Biya River Virus, a Novel Hantavirus of the Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Russia. Viruses 2025, 17, 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111499

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Yashina LN, Abramov SA, Luchnikova EM, Smetannikova NA, Tregubchak TV, Dupal TA, Krivopalov AV, Vdovina ED, Yanagihara R. Biya River Virus, a Novel Hantavirus of the Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Russia. Viruses. 2025; 17(11):1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111499

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Yashina, Liudmila N., Sergey A. Abramov, Ekaterina M. Luchnikova, Natalia A. Smetannikova, Tatiana V. Tregubchak, Tamara A. Dupal, Anton V. Krivopalov, Evgenia D. Vdovina, and Richard Yanagihara. 2025. "Biya River Virus, a Novel Hantavirus of the Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Russia" Viruses 17, no. 11: 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111499

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Yashina, L. N., Abramov, S. A., Luchnikova, E. M., Smetannikova, N. A., Tregubchak, T. V., Dupal, T. A., Krivopalov, A. V., Vdovina, E. D., & Yanagihara, R. (2025). Biya River Virus, a Novel Hantavirus of the Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) in Russia. Viruses, 17(11), 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17111499

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