''Tula orthohantavirus'', formerly ''Tula virus'', (TULV) is a single-stranded, negative-sense
RNA
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) are nucleic acids. Along with lipids, proteins, and carbohydra ...
virus species of
orthohantavirus
''Orthohantavirus'' is a genus of single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA viruses in the family ''Hantaviridae'' within the order ''Bunyavirales''. Members of this genus may be called orthohantaviruses or simply hantaviruses.
Orthohantavi ...
first isolated from a
European common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') found in Central Russia. It causes
Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by species of hantaviruses. It is also known as Korean hemorrhagic fever and epidemic hemorrhagic fever. It is found in Europe, Asia, and Af ...
. The ''Microtus'' species are also found in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Asia, and Western Russia. Human cases of ''Tula orthohantavirus'' have also been reported in Switzerland and Germany.
See also
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Sweating sickness
Sweating sickness, also known as the sweats, English sweating sickness, English sweat or ''sudor anglicus'' in Latin, was a mysterious and contagious disease that struck England and later continental Europe in a series of epidemics beginning ...
References
External links
Sloan Science and Film / Short Films / Muerto Canyonby Jen Peel 29 minutes
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Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Bunyaviridae
Viral diseases
Hantaviridae
Hemorrhagic fevers
Rodent-carried diseases
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