Sosuga pararubulavirus

Sosuga pararubulavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Paramyxoviridae
Genus: Pararubulavirus
Species:
Sosuga pararubulavirus
Synonyms[1]
  • Sosuga rubulavirus

Sosuga pararubulavirus is a species of Paramyxovirus which is transmissible to humans.[2] The Egyptian fruit bat is thought to be a natural reservoir species for the virus.[3]

  1. ^ Balkema-Buschmann, Anne; et al. (6 June 2018). "Re-organization of the family Paramyxoviridae" (xls). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ Albariño CG, Foltzer M, Towner JS, Rowe LA, Campbell S, Jaramillo CM, et al. (February 2014). "Novel paramyxovirus associated with severe acute febrile disease, South Sudan and Uganda, 2012". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20 (2): 211–6. doi:10.3201/eid2002.131620. PMC 3901491. PMID 24447466.
  3. ^ Amman BR, Albariño CG, Bird BH, Nyakarahuka L, Sealy TK, Balinandi S, et al. (July 2015). "A Recently Discovered Pathogenic Paramyxovirus, Sosuga Virus, is Present in Rousettus aegyptiacus Fruit Bats at Multiple Locations in Uganda". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 51 (3): 774–9. doi:10.7589/2015-02-044. PMC 5022529. PMID 25919464.