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Montano virus

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Orthohantavirus montanoense
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Orthohantavirus montanoense
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Montano orthohantavirus
  • Montaño virus

Montaño virus (MTNV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative sense RNA species of hantavirus. It was first isolated in Mexican wild rodents located in Morelos and Guerrero, Mexico.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Orthohantavirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  2. ^ "History of the taxon: Species: Orthohantavirus montanoense (2023 Release, MSL #39)". ictv.global. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  3. ^ 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.