| | | Antigenically related to, but distinct from the other registered hantavirus, Prospect Hill, Hantaan, Puumala, Seoul. Data resulting from the serological comparison of Muerto Canyon virus to other registered hantaviruses, Prospect Hill, Hantaan, Puumala and Seoul is not available. However, nucleotide sequence characterization of the three RNA segments composing the viral genome showed that each segment was unique and that there was approximately 30% nucleotide sequence divergence from the respective segments of the closest relative, Prospect Hill virus [14] . Up to 10% nucleotide sequence variation was seen between hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) viruses from New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, both from rodents and from human autopsy tissues. Even greater variation (up to 14%) was observed when the analysis included viruses from other regions [14] . | | |
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