Biology:Rustrela virus
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Short description: Species of virus
| Rubivirus strelense | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Alsuviricetes |
| Order: | Hepelivirales |
| Family: | Matonaviridae |
| Genus: | Rubivirus |
| Species: | Rubivirus strelense
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Rustrela virus, scientific name Rubivirus strelense, is a species of virus in the genus Rubivirus.
History
Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial mammals – a donkey, a capybara, and a wallaby – in a zoo in Germany, and in wild yellow-necked field mice in and around the zoo.[2] The virus can jump between species and interestingly infects both placental and marsupial animals.
Structure
The Rustrela virus has the same genomic structure as the Rubella virus. Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells.[3] There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella virus and Ruhugu virus.[2]
References
- ↑ "Create two new species and rename one species in genus Rubivirus (Hepelivirales: Matonaviridae)" (in en) (docx). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). 31 July 2020. https://ictv.global/ictv/proposals/2020.011S.R.Rubivirus_nspp.zip.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature 586 (7829): 424–428. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMID 33029010. Bibcode: 2020Natur.586..424B. – See also article correction: Bennett, Andrew J.; Paskey, Adrian C.; Ebinger, Arnt; Pfaff, Florian; Priemer, Grit; Höper, Dirk; Breithaupt, Angele; Heuser, Elisa et al. (3 December 2020). "Author Correction: Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature 588 (7836): E2. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2897-1. PMID 33199919. Bibcode: 2020Natur.588E...2B.
- ↑ Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". https://news.wisc.edu/first-relatives-of-rubella-virus-discovered-in-bats-in-uganda-and-mice-in-germany/. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q106945337 entry
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