Catacamas virus
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| Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA)
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| Species: | Catacamas virus
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Catacamas virus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus species in the hantavirus genus of the Bunyavirales order isolated in Oryzomys couesi near the town of Catacamas in eastern Honduras.[1]
Natural reservoir
Catacamas virus was isolated from Oryzomys couesi and none of 41 other rodents that were also trapped near the town of Catacamas. The finding represents the first time a hantavirus species has been found in Honduras. Genetically, it is most closely related to Bayou virus which is associated with the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in the southeastern United States.
Virology
Analysis of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that this novel hantaviral species is phylogenetically most closely related to Bayou virus, a hantavirus species that is principally associated with Oryzomys palustris (marsh oryzomys) in the southeastern United States.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Milazzo ML, Cajimat MN, Hanson JD, Bradley RD, Quintana M, Sherman C, Velásquez RT, Fulhorst CF. Catacamas virus, a hantaviral species naturally associated with Oryzomys couesi (Coues' oryzomys) in Honduras. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Nov;75(5):1003–10.
- ^ Mary L. Milazzo, Maria N.B. Cajimat, Hannah E. Romo, Jose G. Estrada-Franco, L. Ignacio Iñiguez-Dávalos, Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst. Geographic Distribution of Hantaviruses Associated with Neotomine and Sigmodontine Rodents, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Volume 18, Number 4—April 2012. Research