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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
| Species: | |
| Virus: | Catacamas virus
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.