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Prospect Hill virus

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Group
  
Group V ((−)ssRNA)

Family
  
Bunyaviridae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Unassigned

Genus
  
Hantavirus

Prospect Hill virus

Similar
  
Seoul virus, Puumala virus, Andes virus

Prospect Hill virus is a single-stranded, negative-sense Hantaan-like zoonotic RNA virus isolated from meadow voles and microtine and other cricetid rodents in the United States. It has a widespread distribution in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Minnesota and California. The overall risk of infection in humans is low. It was first isolated from a meadow vole found in Prospect Hill, Maryland for which it is named.

Transmission

Transmission to humans is believed to occur through aersolized inhalation of mouse excreta and possibly through fomite contamination.

References

Prospect Hill virus Wikipedia