Bayou virus | |
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Virus classification | |
Group: | Group V ((−)ssRNA) |
Order: | Unassigned |
Family: | Bunyaviridae |
Genus: | Hantavirus |
Species: | Saaremaa virus |
Saaremaa virus is a single-stranded, negative-sense, RNA virus species of Hantavirus that causes a milder form of Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. It was first isolated from a striped field mouse in Slovakia.