Catacamas virus is a single-stranded, enveloped novel RNA virus in the genus Orthohantavirus of the family Hantaviridae isolated in Oryzomys couesi near the town of Catacamas in eastern Honduras. It is a member virus of the species Orthohantavirus bayoui.
Natural reservoir Catacamas virus was isolated from Oryzomys couesi and none of 41 other rodents that were also trapped near the town of Catacamas. The finding represents the first time a hantavirus species has been found in Honduras.
Virology Analysis of nucleotide and amino acid sequence data indicated that this hantaviral strain is phylogenetically most closely related to Bayou virus which is associated with the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in the southeastern United States.Mary L. Milazzo, Maria N.B. Cajimat, Hannah E. Romo, Jose G. Estrada-Franco, L. Ignacio Iñiguez-Dávalos, Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst. Geographic Distribution of Hantaviruses Associated with Neotomine and Sigmodontine Rodents, Mexico. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Volume 18, Number 4—April 2012. Research
See also Playa de Oro virus
References
External links CDC's Hantavirus Technical Information Index page Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Hantaviridae