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El Moro Canyon virus

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Group
  
Group V ((-)ssRNA)

Family
  
Bunyaviridae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Unassigned

Genus
  
Hantavirus

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El Moro Canyon virus (EMCV) is a single-stranded, negative sense RNA virus of the hantavirus genera. It is a caustive agent of Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).

Natural reservoir

EMCV was isolated from western harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis), in El Moro Canyon in southeastern Colorado in 1995.

References

El Moro Canyon virus Wikipedia