Genome sequencing identifies “Limestone Canyon virus” as Montaño virus (Hantaviridae: Orthohantavirus montanoense) circulating in brush deermice in New Mexico

Genome sequencing identifies “Limestone Canyon virus” as Montaño virus (Hantaviridae: Orthohantavirus montanoense) circulating in brush deermice in New Mexico

Abstract Orthohantaviruses infect distinct eulipotyphlan and rodent reservoirs throughout the world; some rodent orthohantaviruses can cause disease in humans. In the United States, a primary rodent reservoir for the human-pathogenic Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is the western deermouse (Peromyscus sonori...

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Main Authors: Samuel M. Goodfellow, Robert A. Nofchissey, Valerie J. Morley, Kathryn E. Coan, Kurt C. Schwalm, Joseph A. Cook, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Diane Hanfelt-Goade, Darrell L. Dinwiddie, Daryl B. Domman, Jerry W. Dragoo, Jens H. Kuhn, Steven B. Bradfute
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-04-01
Series:npj Viruses
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s44298-024-00016-6

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