Open AccessOropuche virus: A virus present but ignored
Author(s) -
Marco González T,
Salim Máttar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
revista mvz córdoba/revista mvz cordoba
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1909-0544
pISSN - 0122-0268
DOI - 10.21897/rmvz.37
Subject(s) - phlebovirus , virology , arbovirus , bunyaviridae , orthobunyavirus , biology , virus , hantavirus , encephalitis
ResumenBunyaviruses are RNA viruses that affect animals and plants; they have five genera and four of them affect humans: Orthobunyavirus, Nairovirus, Phlebovirus and Hantavirus. All of them are Arbovirus, except Hantavirus. The Orthobunyaviruses comprise Oropouche, Tahyna, La Crosse virus, California encephalitis virus and Heartland virus recently discovered (1). Except for Heartland virus which is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyoma, these Phleboviruses have as vectors mosquitoes, which bite small mammals which are able to be as reservoirs amplifiers.