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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Hantaviridae 2024
8 Apr 2024
Abstract excerpt
Hantaviridae is a family for negative-sense RNA viruses with genomes of about 10.5–14.6 kb. These viruses are maintained in and/or transmitted by fish, reptiles, and mammals. Several orthohantaviruses can infect humans, causing mild, severe, and sometimes-fatal diseases. Hantavirids produce enveloped virions containing three single-stranded RNA segments with open reading frames that encode a nucleoprotein (N), a...
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