Saaremaa virus is a

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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. Orthohantav ...

'' that causes a milder form of

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Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus ''Dobrava-Belgrade orthohantavirus'' (DOBV), also known as Dobrava virus, is an enveloped, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of Old World ''Orthohantavirus''. It is one of several species of Hantavirus that is the causative agent ...

''. It was first isolated from a striped field mouse in

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.Plyusnin, Alexander, Vaheri, Antti. Saaremaa Hantavirus Should Not Be Confused with Its Dangerous Relative, Dobrava Virus J. Clin. Microbiol. April 2006 vol. 44 no. 4 1608–1611

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