Ndumu virus

Ndumu virus
An image of a Culicine mosquito
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Alphavirus
Species:
Alphavirus ndumu

Ndumu virus (NDUV) is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.[1] It was first isolated in 1961 from culicine mosquitoes collected in northern Natal, Union of South Africa.[2] The virus has also been detected in Kenya, Senegal and Uganda.[3] It has been identified in demesticated pigs and mosquitoes in a study in Uganda.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Ndumu virus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. ↑ Kokernot, R. H.; McIntosh, B. M.; Worth, C. Brooke (1961). "Ndumu Virus, a Hitherto Unknown Agent, Isolated from Culicine Mosquitoes Collected in Northern Natal, Union of South Africa". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 (3): 383–386. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1961.10.383. PMID 13757662.
  3. 1 2 Moolla, Naazneen; Viljoen, Natalie; Patharoo, Venessa; Grobbelaar, Antoinette; Ismail, Arshad; Weyer, Jacqueline (2021-08-26). "Near-Complete Genome Sequence of Ndumu Virus from Garissa, Kenya, 1997". Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10 (34): e0055121. doi:10.1128/MRA.00551-21. ISSN 2576-098X. PMC 8388543. PMID 34435864.


This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.