Muju virus

Soochong virus
Transmission electron micrograph of the Sin Nombre Hantavirus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Hantavirus
Type species
Hantaan virus
Species

Hantaan virus
Muju virus
Seoul virus
Soochong virus

Muju virus (MUV) is a zoonotic negative sense single-stranded RNA virus species of the genus Hantavirus. It is one of four rodent-borne Hantaviruses found in the Republic of Korea. It is the etiologic agent for Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). The other species responsible for HFRS in Korea are Seoul virus, Haantan virus, and Soochong virus.[1][2]

Transmission

This species of Hantavirus has not been shown to transfer from person to person. Transmission by aerosolized rodent excreta still remains the only known way the virus is transmitted to humans. In general, drop-let and/or fomite transfer has not been shown in the hantaviruses in either the hemorrhagic or pulmonary forms.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Song KJ, Baek LJ, Moon S, Ha SJ, Kim SH, Park KS, Klein TA, Sames W, Kim HC, Lee JS, Yanagihara R, Song JW (Nov 2007). "Muju virus, a novel hantavirus harboured by the arvicolid rodent Myodes regulus in Korea". J Gen Virol 88 (11): 3121–9. doi:10.1099/vir.0.83139-0.
  2. ↑ Song Jin-Won, Moon Sung-Sil, Gu Se Hun, Song Ki-Joon, Baek Luck Ju, Kim Heung Chul, Kijek Tod (Feb 2006). "Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in 4 US soldiers, South Korea. Emerging Infectious Diseases". J Med Virol 78 (2): 290–7.
  3. ↑ Peters, C.J. (2006). "Emerging Infections: Lessons from the Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers". Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association (Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association) 117: 189–197. PMC 1500910. PMID 18528473.
  4. ↑ Crowley, J.; Crusberg, T. "Ebola and Marburg Virus Genomic Structure, Comparative and Molecular Biology". Dept. of Biology & Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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