> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1994 10:49:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: knunan at .interramp.com> Subject: Re: HPS IN CANADA
> To: virology at net.bio.net
>> Dr Gumbo writes that Hantavirus is a generic name and that the
> current outbreak is a new species of Hantavirus diff from that
...
> was the the only other Bunyaviridae of the Hantavirus family
Huh? Not Hantavirus of the family Bunyaviridae?
> There are a number of other types or "species" of Hantavirus
> including Prospect Hill, HAARDS agent, Puumala, Seoul, Leakey
> and Tchoupitoulas virus. There are five genera in the Bunyaviridae
> besides Hantavirus: Bunyavirus, Phlebovirus, Nairovirus and
> Ukuvirus.
Er...pardon me, but I could pick all that up (correctly) by reading
the ICTV Report. Is there a point to all this? Is any new info
being imparted here?
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