Montano orthohantavirus

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

Montano orthohantavirus, also called Montano 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.[1]

  1. ^ 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.