Tete virus

Tete virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Bunyaviricetes
Order:	Elliovirales
Family:	Peribunyaviridae
Genus:	Orthobunyavirus
Species:	Orthobunyavirus teteense
Synonyms [1]
Tete orthobunyavirus

Tete virus is a bunyavirus found originally in Tete Province, Mozambique. It is a disease of animals and humans. Two forms, Bahig and Matruh viruses, were isolated from bird ticks including Hyalomma marginatum , but elsewhere mosquitoes and biting midges have been implicated as vectors. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Subtypes

• Bahig virus
• Matruh virus
• Tete virus SAAn3518
• Tsuruse virus
• Weldona virus

References

1. "History of the taxon: Species: Orthobunyavirus teteense (2024 Release, MSL #40)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
2. Converse JD, Hoogstraal H, Moussa MI, Stek M, Kaiser MN (1974). "Bahig virus (Tete group) in naturally- and transovarially-infected Hyalomma marginatum ticks from Egypt and Italy". Arch Gesamte Virusforsch. 46 (1–2): 29–35. doi:10.1007/bf01240201. PMID   4441433. S2CID   35506328.
3. Calisher CH, McLean RG, Zeller HG, Francy DB, Karabatsos N, Bowen RA (1990). "Isolation of Tete serogroup bunyaviruses from Ceratopogonidae collected in Colorado" . Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 43 (3): 314–8. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1990.43.314. PMID   2221226.
4. Mohamed M, McLees A, Elliott RM (2009). "Viruses in the Anopheles A, Anopheles B, and Tete serogroups in the Orthobunyavirus genus (family Bunyaviridae) do not encode an NSs protein". J. Virol. 83 (15): 7612–8. doi:10.1128/JVI.02080-08. PMC   2708632 . PMID   19439468.

Literature

• Fauquet C, Mayo M, et al. (2005). Eighth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Elsevier. S. 704. ISBN   0-12-249951-4.