Bunyaviridae

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• Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV; genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae) periodically causes outbreaks in humans and livestock (1), mostly in sub-Saharan Africa (2, 3).

  Academic text (2014)

• The taxonomic position of SBV has been identified as family Bunyaviridae, genus Orthobunyavirus, Simbu serogroup (1). At least 30 orthobunyaviruses have been associated with human disease.

  Academic text (2012)

• NE is due to the Puumala virus (n4, n5) of the Hantavirus genus in the Bunyaviridae family.

  Academic text (1991)

• Hantaviruses are enveloped, tripartite, single-stranded, negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the genus Hantavirus, family Bunyaviridae.

  Academic text (2014)

• Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a manifestation of an emerging zoonosis caused by New World viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Hantavirus.

  Academic text (2012)

• Within weeks, scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the agent as a previously unknown hantavirus (Bunyaviridae), subsequently named Sin Nombre virus, or SNV (Nichol et al. 1993).

  Academic text (2002)

• The causative pathogen, RVF virus (RVFV), is a member of the family Bunyaviridae, genus Phlebovirus, and its genome consists of 3 RNA segments: large (L), medium (M), and small (S).

  Academic text (2014)

• The Bunyaviridae family includes several viruses that can be transmitted by insect bites.

• Researchers discovered that many diseases affecting livestock are caused by viruses from the Bunyaviridae family.

• A recent study highlighted the role of Bunyaviridae viruses in zoonotic diseases affecting both humans and animals.

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