Tula virus

Tula virus (TULV), is a single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus species of orthohantavirus first isolated from a European common vole (Microtus arvalis) found in Central Russia and primarily carried by rodents.^[3] It causes Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.^[4][5] The Microtus species are also found in North America, Europe, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Asia, and Western Russia. Human cases of Tula virus have also been reported in Switzerland and Germany.^[6]

Tula virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Bunyaviricetes
Order:	Elliovirales
Family:	Hantaviridae
Genus:	Orthohantavirus
Species:	Orthohantavirus tulaense
Virus:	Tula virus
Synonyms[1][2]
Tula hantavirus Tula orthohantavirus