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Xuan Son virus

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Xuan Son virus
Virus classification
Group:
Group V ((−)ssRNA)
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Unassigned
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Xuan Son virus

Xuan Son virus is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus of the family Bunyaviridae.

Natural reservoir

It was isolated in Pomona roundleaf bats in Xuân Sơn National Park, a nature reserve in Thanh Sơn District, Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam, within a 50-mile radius of Hanoi.[1]

References

  1. ^ Arai S, Nguyen ST, Boldgiv B, Fukui D, Araki K, Dang CN, et al. Novel bat-borne hantavirus, Vietnam [letter]. Emerg Infect Disease. 2013 Jul.