Muleshoe virus
| Muleshoe virus | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Bunyaviricetes |
| Order: | Elliovirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
| Virus: | Muleshoe virus |
Muleshoe virus (MULEV) is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus.[1]
Natural reservoir
[edit]Muleshoe virus was isolated from two cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) in Deaf Smith County, Texas in 1995 following a fatal case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a child. The field investigation yielded the novel Muleshoe virus. The source of HPS in the child was determined to be Sin Nombre virus.
Virology
[edit]The complete genomic sequence was determined for MULEV and found to be phylogenetically closest in structure to Bayou virus.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Rawlings JA, Torrez-Martinez N, Neill SU, Moore GM, Hicks BN, Pichuantes S, Nguyen A, Bharadwaj M, Hjelle B.. Cocirculation of multiple hantaviruses in Texas, with characterization of the small (S) genome of a previously undescribed virus of cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1996 Dec;55(6):672–9.
External links
[edit]- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America
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