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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Peribunyaviridae |
| Genus: | Orthobunyavirus |
| Species: | |
| Virus: | Ngari virus
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Ngari virus (NRIV)[1] is a single-stranded, negative sense, tri-segmented RNA virus. It is a subtype of the Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) and closely related to the Batai virus (BATV). NRIV is the only reassortment virus of the subtypes. There is evidence suggesting that NRIV stems from a naturally occurring reassortment event in which a host was infected with both BUNV and BATV.[1] It is commonly found in areas that experience an outbreak of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV)[2]
- ^ a b Gerrard, Sonja R.; Li, Li; Barrett, Alan D.; Nichol, Stuart T. (August 2004). "Ngari virus is a Bunyamwera virus reassortant that can be associated with large outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever in Africa". Journal of Virology. 78 (16): 8922–8926. doi:10.1128/JVI.78.16.8922-8926.2004. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 479050. PMID 15280501.
- ^ Cichon, Nicole; Barry, Yahya; Stoek, Franziska; Diambar, Abdellah; Ba, Aliou; Ziegler, Ute; Rissmann, Melanie; Schulz, Jana; Haki, Mohamed L.; Höper, Dirk; Doumbia, Baba A. (2021). "Co-circulation of Orthobunyaviruses and Rift Valley Fever Virus in Mauritania, 2015". Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 3524. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.766977. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 8739971. PMID 35003005.