Biology:Quaranfil quaranjavirus

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Quaranfil quaranjavirus
Virus classification e
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Insthoviricetes
Order: Articulavirales
Family: Orthomyxoviridae
Genus: Quaranjavirus
Species:
Quaranfil quaranjavirus
Synonyms[1]

Quaranfil virus

Quaranfil quaranjavirus is the type virus of the Quaranjavirus genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It has a negative sense, single-stranded RNA genome composed of 6 segments. Its hosts are ticks, birds, and humans. It was isolated from ticks near Cairo, Egypt in 1953.[2] The virus can infect humans, as confirmed by serological study of human serum samples in Egypt in the 1960s that showed that 8% of the local population had neutralizing antibodies to the virus. The virus has not yet been connected to a human disease.[3]

References

  1. Smith, Gavin JD (8 June 2017). "Changing individual genus and species names in the family Orthomyxoviridae" (in en). https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/2017.011M.A.v2.Orthomyxoviridae_ren.zip. 
  2. Taylor, RM (1966). "Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15 (1): 76–86. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.76. PMID 5901633. 
  3. Presti, Rachel M.; Zhao, Guoyan; Beatty, Wandy L.; Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A.; Rosa, Amelia P. A. Travassos da; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Tesh, Robert B.; Virgin, Herbert W. et al. (2009-11-15). "Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae" (in en). Journal of Virology 83 (22): 11599–11606. doi:10.1128/JVI.00677-09. ISSN 0022-538X. PMID 19726499. 

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