Rockport virus

Rockport virus (RKPV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus . ^[1]

Natural reservoir [ edit ]

Rockport virus was first isolated in archival tissues of four Eastern moles found in and around Rockport, Texas . ^[2]^[3]

Phylogenetic analysis shows Rockport virus clusters geographically with Andes virus (ANDV) and Sin Nombre virus (SNV), both of which are carried by sigmodontine and Neotominae rodents. It shares the same S and the L genomic-segment with Puumala virus (PUUV), Tula virus (TULV), and Prospect Hill virus (PHV). ^[4]^[5]^[6]

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