Absettarov virus
The Absettarov virus (ABSV) is a strain of tick-borne encephalitis virus (Far Eastern subtype) in the genus Flavivirus. It was isolated in 1951 in Leningrad from the blood of a 3-year-old boy with biphasic fever and signs of meningitis. It can be found in Sweden, Finland, Poland, former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, and western parts of the former USSR.[1] It was considered a species until 2000.[2]
| Absettarov virus | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Flasuviricetes |
| Order: | Amarillovirales |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Flavivirus |
| Species: | incertae sedis |
| Virus: | Absettarov virus |
References
- Mahy, Brian W J (2001). A dictionary of virology (3. ed.). San Diego, Calif. [u.a.]: Academic Press. pp. 1. ISBN 978-0-12-465327-6.
- van Regenmortel, M.H.V., Fauquet, C.M., Bishop, D.H.L., Carstens, E.B., Estes, M.K., Lemon, S.M., Maniloff, J., Mayo, M.A., McGeoch, D.J., Pringle, C.R. and Wickner, R.B. (2000). Virus taxonomy. Seventh report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Academic Press, San Diego. 1162 pp https://talk.ictvonline.org/ICTV/proposals/ICTV%207th%20Report.pdf
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