Sin Nombre orthohantavirus

Sin Nombre orthohantavirus
Transmission electron micrograph of "Sin Nombre orthohantavirus"
Transmission electron micrograph of Sin Nombre orthohantavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Sin Nombre orthohantavirus
Member viruses
Synonyms
  • Four Corners virus
  • Sin Nombre hantavirus
  • Sin Nombre virus
Sin Nombre virus
SpecialtyVirology

Sin Nombre orthohantavirus (SNV) (from Spanish, meaning "without a name"), a member of the genus Orthohantavirus, is the prototypical etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS).[1]

Discovered in 1993 near the Cañon de la Muerte on the Navajo Reservation, it was originally named the Muerto Canyon hantavirus, in keeping with the convention for naming new pathogens.[2] However, the Navajo Nation objected to the name in 1994.[3] It was also near the Four Corners point in the United States, so the virologists then tried naming it the "Four Corners virus". The name was changed after local residents raised objections.[4] In frustration, the virologists changed it to Sin Nombre, meaning "without a name" in Spanish.

  1. ^ Ye C, Prescott J, Nofchissey R, Goade D, Hjelle B (March 2004). "Neutralizing antibodies and Sin Nombre virus RNA after recovery from hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome". Emerging Infect. Dis. 10 (3): 478–82. doi:10.3201/eid1003.020821. PMC 3322788. PMID 15109416.
  2. ^ Van Hook, Charles J. (November 2018). "Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome—The 25th Anniversary of the Four Corners Outbreak". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 24 (11): 2056–2060. doi:10.3201/eid2411.180381. PMC 6199996.
  3. ^ "Navajos Decry Muerto Canyon Hantavirus Site". Los Angeles Times. April 24, 1994. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ Strauss, Ellen G.; Strauss, James H. (2002). Viruses and human disease. Boston: Academic Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-12-673050-0.