Taxonomy of Phleboviruses,Emphasizing Those That Are Sandfly-Borne |
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| Authors: | Charles H. Calisher Mattia Calzolari |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Arthropod-Borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, 3195 Rampart Rd., Foothills Campus, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1690, USA;2.Laboratorio Entomologia Sanitaria, Sede Territoriale di Reggio Emilia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell′Emilia Romagna “B. Ubertini” via Pitagora 2, 42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy; |
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| Abstract: | Sandfly-borne phleboviruses (phylum Negarnavaricota, realm Riboviria, kingdom Orthornavirae, genus Phlebovirus) comprise three genome segments of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and which encode an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which they use to transcribe the viral RNA genome into messenger RNA and to replicate the genome. At least some of these viruses cause mild 3-day fevers in humans but some also have been associated with more severe illnesses in humans. The 67 recognized phleboviruses are listed here in a table composed by the authors from International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses reports as well as the scientific literature. |
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| Keywords: | Phlebovirus sand fly reassortant virus virus species |
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