Rockport virus (RKPV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus.[1]
Rockport virus was first isolated in archival tissues of four Eastern moles found in and around Rockport, Texas.[2][3]
Phylogenetic analysis shows Rockport virus clusters geographically with Andes virus (ANDV) and Sin Nombre virus (SNV), both of which are carried by sigmodontine and Neotominae rodents. It shares the same S and the L genomic-segment with Puumala virus (PUUV), Tula virus (TULV), and Prospect Hill virus (PHV).[4][5][6]
Rockport virus (RKPV) is a single-stranded, enveloped, negative-sense RNA orthohantavirus.