Maripa virus

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Maripa virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Hantavirus
Species: Maripa virus

Maripa virus is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species in the Bunyaviridae family. It is a new variant strain of Rio Mamore virus. It was first isolated from a patient with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in French Guiana.[1]

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References

  1. Séverine Matheusa,Anne Lavergneb,Benoît de Thoisyb,Philippe Dussarta and Vincent Lacosteb. Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Hantavirus Variant of Rio Mamoré Virus, Maripa Virus, from French Guiana. J. Virol. May 2012 vol. 86 no. 9 5399

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