Maripa virus
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| Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA)
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| Species: | Maripa virus
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Maripa virus is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species in the Bunyavirales order. It is a new variant strain of Rio Mamore virus. It was first isolated from a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in French Guiana.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Matheus S, Lavergne A, de Thoisy B, Dussart P, Lacoste V (2012). "Complete genome sequence of a novel hantavirus variant of Rio Mamoré virus, Maripa virus, from French Guiana". J. Virol. 86 (9): 5399. doi:10.1128/JVI.00337-12. PMC 3347398. PMID 22492924.
External links
- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America
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