Xuan Son virus

Xuan Son virus is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus of the order Bunyavirales.

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

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, Ohdachi SD, Nguyen NX, Pham TD, Boldbaatar B, Satoh H, Yoshikawa Y, Morikawa S, Tanaka-Taya K, Yanagihara R, Oishi K (2013). "Novel bat-borne hantavirus, Vietnam". Emerging Infect. Dis. 19 (7): 1159–61. doi:10.3201/eid1907.121549. PMC 3713973. PMID 23763849.


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