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Black Creek Canal Virus

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Black Creek Canal virus,
a virus of the genus Hantavirus that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Black Creek Canal Virus
A serologically distinct member of the Hantavirus group found in the southeastern US which may cause renal failure and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome


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Seven species in the virus family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus (1), have been causally associated with HPS: Sin Nombre virus (SNV), New York virus (NYV), Black Creek Canal virus (BCCV), Bayou virus (BAYV), and Choclo virus (CHOV) in North America (2-6), and Andes virus (ANDV) and Laguna Negra virus (LANV) in South America (7,8).
The identified rodent reservoirs for these viruses - Peromyscus maniculatus and leucopus (deer and white-looted mice) for Sin Nombre virus and its variants and Sigmodon hispidus (cotton rat) for Black Creek Canal virus - extend across the continental United States.
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in Florida; association with the newly identified Black Creek Canal virus.
 
 
 
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