Mouyassue virus

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

Mouyassue virus is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus.[1]

Natural reservoir

The banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) found in the Côte d'Ivoire is the natural reservoir of Mouyassue virus.[2] It shares a common lineage with the Magboi virus (MGBV) found in the hairy split-faced bat (Nycteris hispida) in Sierra Leone [3]

References

  1. Weiss, S; Witkowski, PT; Auste, B; Nowak, K; Weber, N; Fahr, J; et al. (2012). "Hantavirus in bat, Sierra Leone". Emerg Infect Dis. 18: 159–61. doi:10.3201/eid1801.111026.
  2. Sumibcay L, Kadjo B, Gu SH, Kang HJ, Lim BK, Cook JA, et al. Divergent lineage of a novel hantavirus in the banana pipistrelle (Neoromicia nanus) in Cote d'Ivoire" Virol J 2012;9:34. http://dx.doi. org/10.1186/1743-422X-9-34
  3. Weiss, S; Witkowski, PT; Auste, B; Nowak, K; Weber, N; Fahr, J; et al. (2012). "Hantavirus in bat, Sierra Leone". Emerg Infect Dis. 18: 159–61. doi:10.3201/eid1801.111026.


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