Lanka virus, a Mus booduga-borne orthohantavirus infection-associated febrile illness in Sri Lanka
Lanka virus carried by little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) is transmitted to humans, likely causing febrile illness occasionally while leading to severe disease in some of the febrile patients.
Authors
- Nobuo Koizumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5733-535X)
- Kouji H. Harada
- Devinda S. Muthusinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-2408)
- R. Vijeyakumaran
- Yomani D. Sarathkumara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-3165)
- Sithumini M. W. Lokupathirage
- P. Senarathne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-8774)
- Akio Koizumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-4014)
- Chandika D. Gamage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0974-5730)
- Jiro Arikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8870-6494)
- Shuzo Urata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0710-2272)
- Kenta Shimizu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3825-7018)
- Zhouoxing Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-3177)
- Shanika Nanayakkara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-9650)
- Nilanthi Dissanayake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1119-844X)
- Nadeeka Rathnayake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2880-3588)
- Tomonori Kawakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-7379)
- Kumiko Yoshimatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0062-2753)
- S. A. M. Kularathne
- Yoshimi Tsuda
Institutions
- University of Peradeniya (LK)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Nagasaki (JP)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Gunma University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
- Nagasaki Medical Center (JP)
- Toyama Prefectural University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013169
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- National Research Council Sri Lanka
- Heiwa Nakajima Foundation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Sakura Science Exchange Program