Alenquer virus

Alenquer virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Hareavirales
Family: Phenuiviridae
Genus: Phlebovirus
Species:
Phlebovirus alenquerense
Synonyms
  • Alenquer phlebovirus

Alenquer virus (ALEV) is a virus in the genus Phlebovirus. Alenquer virus 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. Sporadic cases of febrile illness have occurred in humans who live in jungle areas in Brazil and Panama.

References

  1. ↑ "History of the taxon: Species: Phlebovirus alenquerense (2024 Release, MSL #40)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Mahy, Brian W.J. (2009). The Dictionary of Virology. Academic Press. p. 12. ISBN 9780123737328.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Douglas Richman; Douglas D. Richman; Richard J. Whitley (2009). Clinical virology (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: ASM Press. ISBN 978-1555814250.