Prospect Hill orthohantavirus 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.[2] 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.[3]
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
| Species: | Prospect Hill orthohantavirus
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Transmission
editTransmission to humans is believed to occur through aerosolized inhalation of mouse excreta and possibly through fomite contamination.[citation needed]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Briese, Thomas; Alkhovsky, Sergey; Beer, Martin; Calisher, Charlie H.; Charrel, Remi; Ebihara, Hideki; Elliott, Richard M.; Jain, Rakesh; Kuhn, Jens H.; Lambert, Amy; Maes, Piet Maes; Nunes, Marcio; Plyusnin, Alexander; Schmaljohn, Connie; Tesh, Robert B.; Yeh, Shyi-Dong (15 June 2015). "Implementation of non-Latinized binomial species names in the family Bunyaviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 28 January 2019.
Prospect Hill virus Prospect Hill hanta virus Bloodland Lake virus (BLLV) Prospect Hill virus (PHV)
- ^ Lee, PW; Amyx, HL; Gajdusek, DC; Yanagihara, RT; Goldgaber, D; Gibbs, CJ Jr. (1982). "New hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome-related virus in rodents in the United States". Lancet. 2 (8312): 1405. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(82)91308-3. PMID 6129495. S2CID 54246221.
- ^ Yanagihara R, Daum CA, Lee PW, Baek LJ, Amyx HL, Gajdusek DC, Gibbs CJ Jr.Serological survey of Prospect Hill virus infection in indigenous wild rodents in the USA.Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1987;81(1):42–5.
External links
edit- Sloan Science and Film / Short Films / Muerto Canyon by Jen Peel 29 minutes
- "Hantaviruses, with emphasis on Four Corners Hantavirus" by Brian Hjelle, M.D., Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
- CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page
- Viralzone: Hantavirus
- Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
- Occurrences and deaths in North and South America
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