Rio Negro virus

Rio Negro virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Alphavirus
Species:
Rio Negro virus

Rio Negro virus is an alphavirus that was first isolated in Argentina in 1980.[1][2] The virus was first called Ag80-663 but was renamed to Rio Negro virus in 2005. It is a former member of the Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex (VEEC), which are a group of alphaviruses in the Americas that have the potential to emerge and cause disease. Río Negro virus was recently reclassified as a distinct species.[3] Closely related viruses include Mucambo virus and Everglades virus.[4]

  1. ^ Pisano MB, Spinsanti LI, Díaz LA, Farías AA, Almirón WR, Ré VE, Contigiani MS (February 2012). "First detection of Rio Negro virus (Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex subtype VI) in Córdoba, Argentina". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 107 (1): 125–8. doi:10.1590/S0074-02762012000100017. PMID 22310545.
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  3. ^ "Taxonomy". talk.ictvonline.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.[failed verification][not specific enough to verify]
  4. ^ Ferro C, Boshell J, Moncayo AC, Gonzalez M, Ahumada ML, Kang W, Weaver SC (January 2003). "Natural enzootic vectors of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Magdalena Valley, Colombia". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 9 (1): 49–54. doi:10.3201/eid0901.020136. PMC 2873762. PMID 12533281.