Bayou virus

Bayou virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Unassigned
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Hantavirus
Species: Bayou virus

Bayou virus (BAYV) is a species of hantavirus first identified in 1994 in Louisiana.[1][2] In 1996, the marsh rice rat was identified as the natural reservoir of the virus,[3] indicating the virus to be widespread throughout the Southeastern United States.[4] BAYV infection causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) and represents the second most common hantavirus in the United States behind the Sin Nombre virus.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Morzunov, S. P.; Feldmann, H.; Spiropoulou, C. F.; Semenova, V. A.; Rollin, P. E.; Ksiazek, T. G.; Peters, C. J.; Nichol, S. T. (1995). "A newly recognized virus associated with a fatal case of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Louisiana". Journal of Virology. 69 (3): 1980–1983. PMC 188821Freely accessible. PMID 7853545.
  2. ↑ Khan, A. S.; Spiropoulou, C. F.; Morzunov, S.; Zaki, S. R.; Kohn, M. A.; Nawas, S. R.; McFarland, L.; Nichol, S. T. (1995). "Fatal illness associated with a new hantavirus in Louisiana". Journal of medical virology. 46 (3): 281–286. doi:10.1002/jmv.1890460320. PMID 7561804.
  3. ↑ Ksiazek, T. G.; Nichol, S. T.; Mills, J. N.; Groves, M. G.; Wozniak, A.; McAdams, S.; Monroe, M. C.; Johnson, A. M.; Martin, M. L.; Peters, C. J.; Rollin, P. E. (1997). "Isolation, genetic diversity, and geographic distribution of Bayou virus (Bunyaviridae: Hantavirus)". The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 57 (4): 445–448. PMID 9347961.
  4. ↑ Holsomback, T. S.; Van Nice, C. J.; Clark, R. N.; McIntyre, N. E.; Abuzeineh, A. A.; Salazar-Bravo, J. (2013). "Socio-ecology of the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) and the spatio-temporal distribution of Bayou virus in coastal Texas". Geospatial health. 7 (2): 289–298. PMID 23733291.
  5. ↑ Holsomback, T. S.; McIntyre, N. E.; Nisbett, R. A.; Strauss, R. E.; Chu, Y. K.; Abuzeineh, A. A.; De La Sancha, N.; Dick, C. W.; Jonsson, C. B.; Morris, B. E. L. (2009). "Bayou virus detected in non-oryzomyine rodent hosts: An assessment of habitat composition, reservoir community structure, and marsh rice rat social dynamics". Journal of Vector Ecology. 34 (1): 9–21. doi:10.1111/j.1948-7134.2009.00003.x. PMID 20836801.
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