It may be a member of the genus Orthohantavirus, but it has not be definitively classified as a species and may only be a strain.

[1] It has been identified as a causative agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

[2][3] The complete genome sequence Amur virus has been isolated from a sample obtained from Apodemus peninsulae in Northeastern China.

[3] AMRV strains from China and Far East and Soochong virus (SOOV) (especially SOO-1/2 strains from Northeastern Korea) were found to share high identities of nucleotide sequences and were monophyletic distinct from Apodemus agrarius HTNV.

[4] The virus is reported to be carried by Korean field mice (Apodemus peninsulae) in the Far East of Russia, China, and Korea.