Bunyamwera virus
| Bunyamwera virus | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group V ((-)ssRNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Bunyaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthobunyavirus |
| Species: | Bunyamwera virus |
The Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) is a negative-sense single stranded enveloped RNA virus. It is the type species of the Orthobunyavirus genus, in the Bunyaviridae family.
Bunyamwera virus can infect both humans and Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito).[1]
It is named for Bunyamwera, a town in Western Uganda where the type species was isolated in 1943. Reassortant viruses derived from Bunyamwera virus, such as Ngari virus, have caused large outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and Somalia.[2][3]
Disease in Humans
| Bunyamwera fever | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease |
| ICD-10 | A92.8 |
| ICD-9-CM | 066.3 |
In humans Bunyamwera virus causes Bunyamwera fever.
References
- ↑ http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/35304
- ↑ Gerrard SR, Li L, Barrett AD, Nichol ST (2004). "Ngari virus is a Bunyamwera virus reassortant that can be associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa". J Virol, 78(16), 8922-6 78 (16): 8922–6. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.16.8922-8926.2004. PMC 479050. PMID 15280501.
- ↑ Odhiambo C, Venter M, Limbaso K, Swanepoel R, Sang R (2014). "Genome sequence analysis of in vitro and in vivo phenotypes of Bunyamwera and Ngari virus isolates from northern Kenya". PLOS ONE 9 (8): e105446. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j5446O. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105446. PMC 4143288. PMID 25153316.
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