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SUBMITTER: Oymans J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232226 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oymans Judith J Wichgers Schreur Paul J PJ van Oort Sophie S Vloet Rianka R Venter Marietjie M Pijlman Gorben P GP van Oers Monique M MM Kortekaas Jeroen J
Viruses 20200417 4
The genus <i>Orthobunyavirus</i> (family <i>Peribunyaviridae</i>, order <i>Bunyavirales</i>) comprises over 170 named mosquito- and midge-borne viruses, several of which cause severe disease in animals or humans. Their three-segmented genomes enable reassortment with related viruses, which may result in novel viruses with altered host or tissue tropism and virulence. One such reassortant, Schmallenberg virus (SBV), emerged in north-western Europe in 2011. Shuni virus (SHUV) is an orthobunyavirus ...[more]