Playa de Oro virus

Playa de Oro virus (OROV) is a probable species of orthohantavirus found in the rodents Oryzomys couesi and Sigmodon mascotensis in the Mexican state of Colima.[1] Among 600 small mammals, antibodies against the hantavirus Sin Nombre virus were found in 23 individuals (out of 358 studied) of Oryzomys couesi, a rice rat that was the most common species found, six (out of 87) of the cotton rat Sigmodon mascotensis, and one (out of 77) of the pygmy mouse Baiomys musculus.[8] Before the discovery of OROV, one hantavirus species had been identified in Mexico—El Moro Canyon virus from the small rodent Reithrodontomys megalotis.[9] According to phylogenetic analyses based on the sequences of both the S and M segments, OROV is most closely related to the clade formed by BAYV, CATV, BCCV, and Muleshoe virus (MUL; from the hispid cotton rat).[10] In 2009, Piet Maes and colleagues proposed that the closely related BAYV, BCCV, and MUL be united into a single species.
Virus classificationRiboviriaOrthornaviraeNegarnaviricotaEllioviricetesBunyaviralesHantaviridaeOrthohantavirusincertae sedisOryzomys couesiSigmodon mascotensisColimasequencesgenomeamino acidnucleotideBayou virusCatacamas virusMuleshoe virusBlack Creek Canal virusOryzomysSigmodonManzanilloantibodiesSin Nombre virusrice ratcotton ratpygmy mouseBaiomys musculusHantavirusnucleocapsidopen reading framesilent mutationsmarsh rice ratHondurashispid cotton ratHantavirus pulmonary syndromeYucatánEl Moro Canyon virusReithrodontomys megalotisphylogeneticsubspeciesBibcodeWikidata