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Virus Saaremaa – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Virus species

Virus Saaremaa is a single-stranded, negative-sense, RNA virus Orthohantavirus which causes a milder form of Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It is a virus member of Orthohantavirus Dobrava-Belgrade.[1] It was first isolated from a striped field mouse in Slovakia.[2]

The references

  1. ^ Briese, Thomas (July 18, 2016). “In the genus Hantavirus (proposed family Hanta viridae, proposed order Bunyavirales), created 24 new species, abolished 7 species, changed the demarcation criteria and changed the name of the genus to Orthohantavirus; likewise renamed its constituent species” (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Recovered January 30 2019.
  2. ^ Plyusnin, Alexander, Vaheri, Antti. Saaremaa hantavirus should not be confused with its dangerous relative, Dobrava virus J. Clin. Microbiol. April 2006 vol. 44 no. 4 1608–1611

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