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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Alsuviricetes |
| Order: | Martellivirales |
| Family: | Togaviridae |
| Genus: | Alphavirus |
| Species: | Eilat virus
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Eilat virus (EILV) is a unique Alphavirus which is known mainly for its host range restriction generally to insects (primarily to mosquitoes) by means of RNA replication.[1] The virus is found in the Negev desert. It is incapable of infecting vertebrate cells, differentiating it from other alphaviruses.
- ^ Nasar, Farooq; Palacios, Gustavo; Gorchakov, Rodion V.; Guzman, Hilda; Da Rosa, Amelia P. Travassos; Savji, Nazir; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Sherman, Michael B.; Lipkin, W. Ian (2012-09-04). "Eilat virus, a unique alphavirus with host range restricted to insects by RNA replication". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (36): 14622–14627. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10914622N. doi:10.1073/pnas.1204787109. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 3437828. PMID 22908261.