Rio Mamore virus

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

Rio Mamore virus (RIOMV) is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA New World orthohantavirus.[1]

Natural reservoir

Rio Mamore virus has been isolated from the pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis) in Bolivia. It is genetically related to the Andes virus found in Patagonia in South America.[2]

Morbidity and mortality

RIOMV has been shown to cause a severe, fatal form of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bharadwaj M, Botten J, Torrez-Martinez N, Hjelle B (1997). "Rio Mamore virus: genetic characterization of a newly recognized hantavirus of the pygmy rice rat, Oligoryzomys microtis, from Bolivia". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 57 (3): 368–74. PMID 9311652.
  2. ↑ Richter MH, Hanson JD, Cajimat MN, Milazzo ML, Fulhorst CF (2010). "Geographical range of Rio Mamoré virus (family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus) in association with the small-eared pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis)". Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 10 (6): 613–20. doi:10.1089/vbz.2009.0115. PMC 2979329. PMID 20687859.
  3. ↑ Casapía M, Mamani E, García MP, Miraval ML, Valencia P, Quino AH, Alvarez C, Donaires LF (2012). "[Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (Rio Mamore virus) in the Peruvian Amazon region]". Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica (in Spanish; Castilian). 29 (3): 390–5. PMID 23085803.


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