Complete Genome Sequence of an Amur Virus Isolated from

Amur virus was recently identified as the causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Here we report the com-plete genome sequence of an Amur virus isolated from Apodemus peninsulae in Northeastern China. The sequence information provided here is critical for the molecular epidemiology and evolution of Amur virus in China. Hantaviruses within the genusHantavirus of the family Bunya-viridae cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in Eurasia and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in the Americas (3). The viruses are commonly maintained within spe-cific rodent hosts, and human infections occasionally occur through inhalation of aerosolized excreta from infected animals. Recently, Amur virus (AMRV) was identified as one of the caus-ative agents of HFRS in Far East Russia and East Asia (4, 6, 10), together with Hantaan, Seoul, Dobrava-Belgrade, and Puumala viruses (1, 2). HFRS is endemic to many provinces in mainland China (7), andAMRVhas been reported inChina (2, 9).However, no complete genome sequence of Chinese AMRV has ever been reported