Blue River virus
| Blue River virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Bunyaviridae |
| Genus: | Hantavirus |
| Species: | Blue River virus |
Blue River virus (BRV) is a single-stranded, negative sense RNA virus species of New World hantavirus isolated from a white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) near the Blue River in Jackson County, Missouri in 1995. Its genome is similar to the Sin Nombre virus (SNV) but varies in the S1 and S2 segments. Like the Sin Nombre virus, Blue River virus causes Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in humans.[1][2][3]
Natural reservoir
As with all hantavirus species and their reservoirs, Blue River virus is unique to the white-footed mouse.[4]
Transmission
As has been shown with other hantaviruses, transmission is through droplet respiration when rodent excreta becomes aerosolized. Blue River virus has not been shown to transfer via person-to-person.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ Orzunov,S.P.,J.E.Rowe,T.G.Ksiazek,C.J. Peters,S.C.ST.Jeor,and S.T.Nichol.1998. Genetic analysis of the diversity and origin of hantaviruses in Peromyscus leucopus mice in NorthAmerica. J.Virology. 72:57–64.
- ↑ Charles H. Calisher,J. Jeffrey Root,James N. Mills,Joan E. Rowe,Serena A. Reeder,Emily S. Jentes,Kent Wagoner,and Barry J. Beaty.Epizootiology of Sin Nombre and El Moro Canyon Hantaviruses, Southeastern Colorado, 1995-2000. Journal of Wildlife Diseases,41(1), 2005, pp. 1–11. Wildlife Disease Association 20.
- ↑ Zaki SR, Greer PW, Coffield LM, Goldsmith CS, Nolte KB, Foucar K, Feddersen RM, Zumwalt RE, Miller GL, Khan AS, et al. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Pathogenesis of an emerging infectious disease. Am J Pathol. 1995 Mar;146(3):552–579.
- 1 2 Klein SL, Calisher CH.Emergence and persistence of hantaviruses.Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2007;315:217-52.
- ↑ "CDC - How People Get Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) - Hantavirus". Cdc.gov. 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
External links
- "Hantaviruses, with emphasis on Four Corners Hantavirus" by Brian Hjelle, M.D., Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America
- Blue River virus genome
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