Nova virus

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

Nova virus (NVAV) is a single-stranded, negative-sense, enveloped RNA hantavirus. It is phylogenetically related to other European and Asian hantaviruses that cause hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. No known human cases of infection have been reported.[1]

Natural reservoir

Nova virus was first isolated in European moles (Talpa europaea) found in Hungary and France. Previously it was believed that rodents were the principal reservoir hosts, but field trapping has discovered hantavirus species in insectivoire bats, shrews, and moles (Soricidae and Talpidae).[2]

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References

  1. Gu SH, Dormion J, Hugot JP, Yanagihara R. High prevalence of Nova hantavirus infection in the European mole (Talpa europaea) in France. Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Sep 18:1-5.
  2. Kang HJ, Bennett SN, Sumibcay L, Arai S, Hope AG, Mocz G, Song JW, Cook JA, Yanagihara R. Evolutionary insights from a genetically divergent hantavirus harbored by the European common mole (Talpa europaea).PLoS One. 2009 Jul 7;4(7):e6149.

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