Group Group V ((−)ssRNA) Family Bunyaviridae Species Nova virus | Order Unassigned Genus Hantavirus | |
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.
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).
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