Oropuche virus: A virus present but ignored
Journal: REVISTA MVZ CÓRDOBA (Vol.20, No. 3)Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Authors : Salim Mattar V; Marco Gonz;
Page : 4675-4676
Keywords : Oropuche virus; ARN; Arbovirus;
Abstract
Bunyaviruses are RNA viruses that affect animals and plants; they have five genera and four of them affect humans: Orthobunyavirus, Nairovirus, Phlebovirus and Hantavirus. All of them are Arbovirus, except Hantavirus. The Orthobunyaviruses comprise Oropouche, Tahyna, La Crosse virus, California encephalitis virus and Heartland virus recently discovered (1). Except for Heartland virus which is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyoma, these Phleboviruses have as vectors mosquitoes, which bite small mammals which are able to be as reservoirs amplifiers.
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