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]
| Alenquer phlebovirus | |
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Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Phenuiviridae |
| Genus: | Phlebovirus |
| Species: | Alenquer phlebovirus |
References
- Mahy, Brian W.J. (2009). The Dictionary of Virology. Academic Press. p. 12.
- 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.
- Hayden, editors, Douglas D. Richman, Richard J. Whitley, Frederick G.; Whitley, Richard (2009). Clinical virology (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: ASM Press. ISBN 978-1555814250.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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