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Alenquer phlebovirus
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Phenuiviridae
Genus: Phlebovirus
Species:
Alenquer phlebovirus

Alenquer phlebovirus (ALEV) is a virus in the genus Phlebovirus. [1] Alenquer phlebovirus was one of eight arthropod-borne viruses first isolated in the early 1980s from sites along roads built into the Amazon rainforest in Brazil for settlers. [2] Sporadic cases of febrile illness have occurred in humans who live in jungle areas in Brazil and Panama. [3]

References

  1. ^ Mahy, Brian W.J. (2009). The Dictionary of Virology. Academic Press. p.  12. ISBN  9780123737328.
  2. ^ Travassos da Rosa, AP; Tesh, RB; Pinheiro, FP; Travassos da Rosa, JF; Peterson, NE (September 1983). "Characterization of eight new phlebotomus fever serogroup arboviruses (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus) from the Amazon region of Brazil". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 32 (5): 1164–71. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1983.32.1164. PMID  6312820.
  3. ^ Hayden, editors, Douglas D. Richman, Richard J. Whitley, Frederick G.; Whitley, Richard (2009). Clinical virology (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: ASM Press. ISBN  978-1555814250. {{ cite book}}: |first1= has generic name ( help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)