Tete virus

Tete virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Family: Bunyaviridae
Genus: Orthobunyavirus
Species: Tete virus

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.[1][2][3]

Subtypes

References

  1. J. D. Converse et al.: Bahig virus (Tete group) in naturally- and transovarially-infected Hyalomma marginatum ticks from Egypt and Italy. Archiv für die Gesamte Virusforschung (1974) 46(1–2): S. 29–35 PMID 4441433
  2. C. H. Calisher et al.: Isolation of Tete serogroup bunyaviruses from Ceratopogonidae collected in Colorado. Am J Trop Med Hyg. (1990) 43(3): S. 314–318 PMID 2221226
  3. M. Mohamed et al.: Viruses in the Anopheles A, Anopheles B and Tete serogroups in the Orthobunyavirus genus (family Bunyaviridae) do not encode an NSs protein. J. Virol. (2009) PMID 19439468

Literature

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