Prospect Hill virus
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| Orthohantavirus prospectense | |
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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: | Orthohantavirus prospectense
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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.[3] 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.[4]
Transmission
[edit]Transmission to humans is believed to occur through aerosolized inhalation of mouse excreta and possibly through fomite contamination.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Genus: Orthohantavirus". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "History of the taxon: Species: Orthohantavirus prospectense (2023 Release, MSL #39)". ictv.global. International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ 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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