Tensaw orthobunyavirus

Tensaw orthobunyavirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Peribunyaviridae
Genus: Orthobunyavirus
Species:
Tensaw orthobunyavirus
Synonyms
  • Tensaw virus

Tensaw orthobunyavirus is a virus in the genus Orthobunyavirus of the Bunyamwera arbovirus group, order Bunyavirales.[1][2] It is named for the river bordering the area in south Alabama where the prototype strain was discovered.[1] It is abbreviated TEN, TENV, and TSV in the scientific literature.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Coleman PH (1969). "Tensaw virus, a new member of the Bunyamwera arbovirus group from the Southern United States". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 18 (1): 81–91. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1969.18.81. PMID 5764201.
  2. ^ Watts SL, Garcia-Maruniak A, Maruniak JE (2009). "Tensaw virus genome sequence and its relation to other Bunyaviridae". Virus Genes. 39 (3): 309–18. doi:10.1007/s11262-009-0400-z. PMID 19760176. S2CID 21792011.