... Yanagihara,unpublished observations).Found in woodlands, grasslands and hedgelands through-out Northern Europe, including Scandinavia and GreatBritain (but excluding Ireland), and extending throughoutRussia, ... SAparticipated in the design of RT-PCR primers. MP and MHprovided tissues and background data of wild-caughtshrews. RY conceived the study design, arranged the col-laboration and provided oversight. ... arrival, the small amount of tissue from the single infected shrew had thawed in tran-sit, resulting in a low RNA yield, which limited the options in cDNA synthesis. Also, the divergent genome of SWSV...