Group Group V ((−)ssRNA) Family Bunyaviridae Rank Species | Order Unassigned Genus Hantavirus | |
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Isla Vista virus (ILV) is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA hantavirus species of the Bunyaviridae family. It is a novel New World microtine rodent hantavirus discovered in the California vole (M. californicus) in Santa Barbara County, California, near Isla Vista. It is similar to Prospect Hill virus which has been isolated from a meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus).
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