Quaranfil quaranjavirus

Quaranfil quaranjavirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Insthoviricetes
Order:	Articulavirales
Family:	Orthomyxoviridae
Genus:	Quaranjavirus
Species:	Quaranfil quaranjavirus
Synonyms
	Quaranfil virus

Quaranfil quaranjavirus is the type virus of the Quaranjavirus genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It has a negative sense, single-stranded RNA genome composed of 6 segments. Its hosts are ticks, birds, and humans. It was isolated from ticks near Cairo, Egypt in 1953.^[2] The virus can infect humans, as confirmed by serological study of human serum samples in Egypt in the 1960s that showed that 8% of the local population had neutralizing antibodies to the virus. The virus has not yet been connected to a human disease.^[3]

References

^ Smith, Gavin JD; et al. (8 June 2017). "Changing individual genus and species names in the family Orthomyxoviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
^ Taylor, RM (1966). "Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15 (1): 76–86. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.76. PMID 5901633.
^ Presti, Rachel M.; Zhao, Guoyan; Beatty, Wandy L.; Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A.; Rosa, Amelia P. A. Travassos da; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Tesh, Robert B.; Virgin, Herbert W.; Wang, David (2009-11-15). "Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae". Journal of Virology. 83 (22): 11599–11606. doi:10.1128/JVI.00677-09. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 2772707. PMID 19726499.

[2017.011M-1] Smith, Gavin JD; et al. (8 June 2017). "Changing individual genus and species names in the family Orthomyxoviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 4 June 2019.

[2] Taylor, RM (1966). "Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15 (1): 76–86. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.76. PMID 5901633.

[3] Presti, Rachel M.; Zhao, Guoyan; Beatty, Wandy L.; Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A.; Rosa, Amelia P. A. Travassos da; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Tesh, Robert B.; Virgin, Herbert W.; Wang, David (2009-11-15). "Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae". Journal of Virology. 83 (22): 11599–11606. doi:10.1128/JVI.00677-09. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 2772707. PMID 19726499.

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