Montano virus

Montano virus
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Bunyavirales
Family:	Hantaviridae
Genus:	Orthohantavirus
Species:	Montano virus

Montano virus (MTNV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative sense RNA hantavirus species of the Bunyaviridae family. It is one of three hantaviruses first isolated in Mexican wild rodents located in Morelos and Guerrero, Mexico.^[1]

References

↑ Saasa N, Sánchez-Hernández C, de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz M, Guerrero-Ibarra E, Almazán-Catalán A, Yoshida H, Miyashita D, Ishizuka M, Sanada T, Seto T, Yoshii K, Ramos C, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Kariwa H (2012). "Ecology of hantaviruses in Mexico: genetic identification of rodent host species and spillover infection". Virus Res. 168 (1–2): 88–96. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2012.06.020. PMID 22750131.

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[1] Saasa N, Sánchez-Hernández C, de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz M, Guerrero-Ibarra E, Almazán-Catalán A, Yoshida H, Miyashita D, Ishizuka M, Sanada T, Seto T, Yoshii K, Ramos C, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Kariwa H (2012). "Ecology of hantaviruses in Mexico: genetic identification of rodent host species and spillover infection". Virus Res. 168 (1–2): 88–96. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2012.06.020. PMID 22750131.