Puumala orthohantavirus
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota
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| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Hantaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthohantavirus |
| Species: | Puumala orthohantavirus
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Puumala orthohantavirus (PUUV) is a species of
Puumala orthohantavirus was discovered and named in 1980 named after Puumala, a municipality in Finland.[3] The virus is found predominantly in Scandinavia and Finland, although it has also been reported elsewhere in Northern Europe, Poland and Russia. Because the bank vole (Myodes glareolus) acts as a reservoir for the virus, nephropathia epidemica cases track with the vole population in a three- to four-year cycle. Humans are infected through inhalation of dust from vole droppings.[4] It has been theorized that Puumala orthohantavirus, unlike other members of the genus Orthohantavirus, may also have lethal effects on its rodent host.[5]
In August 2014 an Israeli researcher studying the behavior of the bank vole in Finland died after contracting the Puumala orthohantavirus, which caused a complete breakdown of her immune system.[6]
References
- ^ Discertation for doctoral exam; Distribution of Puumalavirus in Sweden Archived 2012-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, by C. Ahlm, second paragraph; latest access 2012-06-04
- S2CID 206837075.
- PMID 6102587.
- PMID 12631978.
- PMID 17824420.
- ^ קלנר, ירון (8 July 2014). "קרן חקרה מכרסמים - שגרמו למותה מנגיף אלים". Ynet.
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