Biology:El Moro Canyon virus

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El Moro Canyon virus
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Group V ((−)ssRNA)
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El Moro Canyon virus

El Moro Canyon virus (EMCV) is a single-stranded, negative sense RNA virus of the orthohantavirus genus. It is a caustive agent of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).[1]

Natural reservoir

EMCV was isolated from western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis), in El Moro Canyon in southeastern Colorado in 1995.

References

  1. Calisher CH, Root JJ, Mills JN, Rowe JE, Reeder SA, Jentes ES, Wagoner K, Beaty BJ. Epizootiology of Sin Nombre and El Moro Canyon hantaviruses, southeastern Colorado, 1995–2000. J Wildl Dis. 2005 Jan;41(1):1–11.

Wikidata ☰ Q29002496 entry