Montano orthohantavirus explained

Montano orthohantavirus, also called Montano virus (MTNV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative sense RNA species of hantavirus. It was first isolated in Mexican wild rodents located in Morelos and Guerrero, Mexico.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Saasa N, Sánchez-Hernández C, de Lourdes Romero-Almaraz M, Guerrero-Ibarra E, Almazán-Catalán A, Yoshida H, Miyashita D, Ishizuka M, Sanada T, Seto T, Yoshii K, Ramos C, Yoshimatsu K, Arikawa J, Takashima I, Kariwa H . Ecology of hantaviruses in Mexico: genetic identification of rodent host species and spillover infection . Virus Res. . 168 . 1–2 . 88–96 . 2012 . 22750131 . 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.06.020 .