Ndumu virus | |
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An image of a Culicine Mosquito | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Alsuviricetes |
Order: | Martellivirales |
Family: | Togaviridae |
Genus: | Alphavirus |
Species: | Ndumu virus
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Ndumu virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.[1] It was first isolated in 1961 from culicine mosquitoes collected in northern Natal, Union of South Africa.[2]