Alenquer virus

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Alenquer virus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Hareavirales
Family: Phenuiviridae
Genus: Phlebovirus
Species:
Phlebovirus alenquerense
Synonyms [1]
  • Alenquer phlebovirus

Alenquer virus (ALEV) is a virus in the genus Phlebovirus . [2] Alenquer virus was one of eight arthropod-borne viruses first isolated in the early 1980s from sites along roads built into the Amazon rainforest in Brazil for settlers. [3] Sporadic cases of febrile illness have occurred in humans who live in jungle areas in Brazil and Panama. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "History of the taxon: Species: Phlebovirus alenquerense (2024 Release, MSL #40)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Mahy, Brian W.J. (2009). The Dictionary of Virology . Academic Press. p.  12. ISBN   9780123737328.
  3. ↑ Travassos da Rosa, AP; Tesh, RB; Pinheiro, FP; Travassos da Rosa, JF; Peterson, NE (September 1983). "Characterization of eight new phlebotomus fever serogroup arboviruses (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) from the Amazon region of Brazil" . The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 32 (5): 1164–71. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.1164. PMID   6312820.
  4. ↑ Douglas Richman; Douglas D. Richman; Richard J. Whitley (2009). Clinical virology (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: ASM Press. ISBN   978-1555814250.
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