Limestone Canyon virus

Limestone Canyon virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Hantavirus
Species: Limestone Canyon virus

Limestone Canyon virus (LSC) is a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA zoonotic Hantavirus that is genetically similar to Sin Nombre virus which causes Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in humans. HPS causing hantaviruses are found only in the United States and South America.[1]

LSC has not been shown to cause HPS in humans.[2]

Reservoir

The virus was isolated from Peromyscus. Phylogenetic analysis of M genome segment showed LSC to be very distinct from other Peromyscus-borne viruses. Other Peromyscus-associated hantaviruses include Sin Nombre (SNV), New York (NYV), and Monongahela (MGLV).[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sanchez AJ, Abbott KD, Nichol ST. Genetic identification and characterization of limestone canyon virus, a unique Peromyscus-borne hantavirus. Virology. 2001 Aug 1;286(2):345-53.
  2. "DHS Guidelines for rodent hantavirus surveillance" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-07-11.

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