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Virus has not yet been isolated.
Length of genome (Ng et al., 2015): 7,834 nt (5'-UTR: 751 nt; ORF: 7,005 nt; 3'-UTR: 78 nt). The location of the cre has not been identified.
Genome layout:
VPg+5'UTRIRES-II[L/1A-1B-1C-1D/2Apro-2B-2C/3A-3B-3C-3D]3'UTR-poly(A)
The deduced polyprotein has a length of 2,335 amino acids. The L protein has unknown function. The 2A protein has been proposed to be chymotrypsin-like protease.
See discussion under family description.
Viral RNA was detected in faeces of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in USA and Germany.
Divergence of P1 sequences suggest the single species Rabovirus A may include two types.
Rabo: from rat-borne