Mammarenavirus

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Mammarenavirus
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Mammarenavirus structure and genome composition.
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Hareavirales
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus:Mammarenavirus
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Arenavirus

Mammarenavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Arenaviridae . [2] The name is a portmanteau of mammal and the former name Arenavirus, and differentiates it from the reptile-associated Reptarenavirus . [1] Arenavirus comes from the Latin arena (sand) for the sandy appearance of the virions. [3]

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Taxonomy

The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species: [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Buchmeier, Michael J.; et al. (2 July 2014). "Rename one (1) genus and twenty-five (25) species in the family Arenaviridae" (PDF). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 7 March 2019. in the family Arenaviridae change the name of genus Arenavirus to Mammarenavirus and convert the names of its constituent species to a binomial format, by appending the name Mammarenavirus to each existing name
  2. ↑ Radoshitzky, SR; Buchmeier, MJ; Charrel, RN; Clegg, JCS; Gonzalez, JJ; Günther, S; Hepojoki, J; Kuhn, JH; Lukashevich, IS; Romanowski, V; Salvato, MS; Sironi, M; Stenglein, MD; de la Torre, JC; ICTV Report, Consortium (August 2019). "ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae". The Journal of General Virology. 100 (8): 1200–1201. doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001280 . hdl: 10281/509719 . PMC   12139605 . PMID   31192784.
  3. ↑ "ICTV 9th Report Arenaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019. Derivation of name Arena: from Latin arenosus, "sandy" and arena, "sand", in recognition of the sand-like particles observed in thin section. The name originally proposed was arenovirus, but was subsequently changed to avoid possible confusion with Adenovirus.
  4. ↑ "Virus Taxonomy: 2024 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Species List: Arenaviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 18 March 2025.

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