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Andes virus
South American form of hantavirus.
Related
hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
General
hantavirus
Properties
KINGDOM: virus
GENOME-TYPE: RNA
SINGLE-STRANDED
NEGATIVE-STRAND
CIRCULAR
GENOME-SIZE: 13-21 kB
ENVELOPE: PRESENT
CAPSID-SYMMETRY: HELICAL
References
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed.
Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1144