Catacamas virus

Catacamas virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Virus:
Catacamas virus

Catacamas virus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus in the genus Orthohantavirus of the order Bunyavirales isolated in Oryzomys couesi near the town of Catacamas in eastern Honduras.[1] It is a member virus of Bayou orthohantavirus.[2]

  1. ^ Milazzo ML, Cajimat MN, Hanson JD, Bradley RD, Quintana M, Sherman C, Velásquez RT, Fulhorst CF (November 2006). "Catacamas virus, a hantaviral species naturally associated with Oryzomys couesi (Coues' oryzomys) in Honduras". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 75 (5): 1003–10. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.1003. PMC 1850951. PMID 17124003.
  2. ^ Briese, Thomas; et al. (18 July 2016). "In the genus Hantavirus (proposed family Hantaviridae, proposed order Bunyavirales), create 24 new species, abolish 7 species, change the demarcation criteria, and change the name of the genus to Orthohantavirus; likewise, rename its constituent species" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 13 August 2020.