| Maguari virus | |
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Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Bunyaviricetes |
| Order: | Elliovirales |
| Family: | Peribunyaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthobunyavirus |
| Species: | Orthobunyavirus maguariense |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Maguari virus, abbreviated MAGV, [2] is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Peribunyaviridae family, genus Orthobunyavirus , [3] [4] Bunyamwera serogroup, [4] that has been shown to be capable of causing human disease. [4] MAGV is related to Cache Valley virus and Tensaw virus. [2]
In addition to humans, MAGV has been isolated from mosquitoes, horses, cattle, sheep, birds, and rodents. [2] The mosquito species include Aedes fulvus, Aedes scapularis, Aedes serratus, Culex taeniopus, and species in the genera Anopheles , Wyeomyia , and Psorophora . [2]
MAGV's geographic range includes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.; [2] [4] it has not been isolated north of Trinidad. [5] The presence of antibodies to Maguari virus in human residents of south Florida can be attributed to either cross-reactivity with Tensaw virus, or cross-reactivity to an antigenic subtype or variant of Tensaw virus, although it is possible that another, undescribed, Bunyamwera serogroup virus may exist in south Florida. [5]
