Hantaviridae

Hantaviridae is a family of viruses in the order Bunyavirales.^[1] It is named for the Hantan River area in South Korea where an early outbreak of one of its species was observed.^[2]

Hantaviridae
Transmission electron micrograph of Sin Nombre virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Bunyaviricetes
Order:	Elliovirales
Family:	Hantaviridae
Subfamilies and genera
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Taxonomy

The family contains the following subfamilies and genera (-virinae denotes subfamily and -virus denotes genus):^[3]

• Actantavirinae
  • Actinovirus
  • Percilovirus
• Agantavirinae
  • Agnathovirus
• Mammantavirinae
  • Loanvirus
  • Mobatvirus
  • Orthohantavirus
  • Thottimvirus
• Repantavirinae
  • Reptillovirus