Maguari orthobunyavirus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Ellioviricetes |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Peribunyaviridae |
Genus: | Orthobunyavirus |
Species: | Maguari orthobunyavirus
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Maguari orthobunyavirus, abbreviated MAGV, [1] is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Bunyavirales order, genus Orthobunyavirus, [2] [3] Bunyamwera serogroup, [3] that has been shown to be capable of causing human disease. [3] MAGV is related to Cache Valley virus and Tensaw virus. [1]
In addition to humans, MAGV has been isolated from mosquitoes, horses, cattle, sheep, birds, and rodents. [1] The mosquito species include Aedes fulvus, Aedes scapularis, Aedes serratus, Culex taeniopus, and species in the genera Anopheles, Wyeomyia, and Psorophora. [1]
MAGV's geographic range includes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.; [1] [3] it has not been isolated north of Trinidad. [4] The presence of antibodies to Maguari virus in human residents of south Florida can be attributed to either cross-reactivity with Tensaw virus, or cross-reactivity to an antigenic subtype or variant of Tensaw virus, although it is possible that another, undescribed, Bunyamwera serogroup virus may exist in south Florida. [4]