Xuan Son virus explained

Xuan Son virus is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the genus Mobatvirus.

Natural reservoir

It was isolated in Pomona roundleaf bats in Xuân Sơn National Park, a nature reserve in Thanh Sơn District, Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam, within a 50-mile radius of Hanoi.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Arai S, Nguyen ST, Boldgiv B, Fukui D, Araki K, Dang CN, Ohdachi SD, Nguyen NX, Pham TD, Boldbaatar B, Satoh H, Yoshikawa Y, Morikawa S, Tanaka-Taya K, Yanagihara R, Oishi K . Novel bat-borne hantavirus, Vietnam . Emerging Infect. Dis. . 19 . 7 . 1159–61 . 2013 . 23763849 . 3713973 . 10.3201/eid1907.121549 .