Magboi virus

Magboi virus
Virus classification
Group:
Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:
Bunyavirales
Family:
Hantaviridae
Genus:
Orthohantavirus
Species:
Magboi virus

Magboi virus (MGBV) is a novel, bat-borne Orthohantavirus discovered in a slit-faced bat trapped near the Magboi Stream in eastern Sierra Leone in 2011. It is a single-stranded, negative sense, RNA virus in the Bunyavirales order.[1][2][3][4]

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