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Rio Mamore virus (RIOMV) is a novel, single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA New World hantavirus.
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Natural reservoir
Rio Mamore virus has been isolated from the pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys microtis) in Bolivia. It is genetically related to the Andes virus found in Patagonia in South America.
Morbidity and mortality
RIOMV has been shown to cause a severe, fatal form of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS).
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