Bayou orthohantavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Ellioviricetes |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Hantaviridae |
Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
Species: | Bayou orthohantavirus
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Bayou orthohantavirus (BAYV) is a species of Orthohantavirus first identified in 1993 in Louisiana.[3] and later confirmed by other investigators.[4][5] In 1996, the marsh rice rat was identified as the natural reservoir of the virus,[6] indicating the virus to be widespread throughout the Southeastern United States.[7] BAYV infection causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and represents the second most common hantavirus in the United States behind the Sin Nombre orthohantavirus.[8]