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Carrizal virus

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Group
  
Group V ((-)ssRNA)

Family
  
Bunyaviridae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Unassigned

Genus
  
Hantavirus

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Carrizal virus (CARV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species of the Bunyaviridae family. It was first isolated in Guerrero, Mexico.

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Virology

Carrizal virus is phylogenetically related to Montano virus and Huitzilac virus.

Reservoir

Carrizal virus is carried primarily by Sumichrast's harvest mouse (R. sumichrasti).

References

Carrizal virus Wikipedia