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Rockport virus

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Group
  
Group V ((−)ssRNA)

Family
  
Bunyaviridae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Unassigned

Genus
  
Hantavirus

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Rockport virus (RKPV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA hantavirus.

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Natural reservoir

Rockport virus was first isolated in archival tissues of four Eastern moles found in and around Rockport, Texas.

Virology

Phylogenetic analysis shows Rockport virus clusters geographically with Andes virus (ANDV) and Sin Nombre virus (SNV), both of which are carried by sigmodontine and Neotominae rodents. It shares the same S and the L genomic-segment with Puumala virus (PUUV), Tula virus (TULV), and Prospect Hill virus (PHV).

References

Rockport virus Wikipedia