Biology:Tula virus

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Tula virus
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Hantaviridae
Genus: Orthohantavirus
Species:
Virus:
Tula virus
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Tula hantavirus
  • Tula orthohantavirus

Tula virus (TULV), is a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of orthohantavirus first isolated from a European common vole (Microtus arvalis) found in Central Russia and primarily carried by rodents.[3] It causes Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.[4][5] The Microtus species are also found in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Asia, and Western Russia. Human cases of Tula virus have also been reported in Switzerland and Germany.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q29002565 entry