Catacamas virus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus in the genus Orthohantavirus of the order Bunyavirales isolated in Oryzomys couesi near the town of Catacamas in eastern Honduras.[1] It is a member virus of Bayou orthohantavirus.[2]
^Milazzo ML, Cajimat MN, Hanson JD, Bradley RD, Quintana M, Sherman C, Velásquez RT, Fulhorst CF (November 2006). "Catacamas virus, a hantaviral species naturally associated with Oryzomys couesi (Coues' oryzomys) in Honduras". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 75 (5): 1003–10. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.1003. PMC 1850951. PMID 17124003.
^Briese, Thomas; et al. (18 July 2016). "In the genus Hantavirus (proposed family Hantaviridae, proposed order Bunyavirales), create 24 new species, abolish 7 species, change the demarcation criteria, and change the name of the genus to Orthohantavirus; likewise, rename its constituent species" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
Catacamasvirus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus in the genus Orthohantavirus of the order Bunyavirales isolated in Oryzomys couesi near...
related viruses. Playa de Oro virus was identified as a new species in 2008 and is most closely related to Bayou virus, Catacamasvirus, Muleshoe virus, and...
the Bayou virus, the second most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the United States. Two other hantaviruses, Catacamasvirus and Playa...
Quintana, M., Sherman, C., Velásquez, R.T. and Fulhorst, C.F. 2006. Catacamasvirus, a hantaviral species naturally associated with Oryzomys couesi (Coues'...
infected by two hantaviruses—Catacamasvirus in Honduras and Playa de Oro virus in western Mexico—which are related to the Bayou virus infecting the marsh rice...
marsh rice rat was identified as the natural reservoir of the virus, indicating the virus to be widespread throughout the Southeastern United States. BAYV...
Agriculture (UNA), founded in 1950, also state-funded and located in Catacamas, Olancho, maintains a liaison office in Tegucigalpa. There are 10 private...
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