aa

amino acid(s)

ANDV

Andes virus

BSA

bovine serum albumin

BUN

blood urea nitrogen

DOBV

Dobrava virus

ELISA

enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

FCS

foetal calf serum

FFU

focus forming unit

FITC

fluorescein isothiocyanate

FRNT

focus reduction neutralisation test

GPC

glycoprotein precursor

HBSS

Hanks’ balanced salt solution

HCPS

Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome

HFRS

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

HLA

human leukocyte antigen

HTNV

Hantaan hantavirus

ICTV

International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses

IFA

immunofluorescence assay

KHAV

Khabarovsk virus

MAb

monoclonal antibody

MHC

major histocompatibility complex

ML

Maximum likelihood

N

nucleocapsid protein

NCR

non-coding region

nt

nucleotide(s)

ORF

open reading frame

PBS

phosphate-buffered saline

PUUV

Puumala hantavirus

RT-PCR

reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction

SEOV

Seoul virus

SNV

Sin Nombre virus

TOPV

Topografov virus

TULV

Tula hantavirus