Acará virus

Acará virus
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Bunyavirales
Family:	Peribunyaviridae
Genus:	Orthobunyavirus
Species:	Acará virus

The Acará virus (ACAV) is a possible species in the genus Orthobunyavirus, belonging to the Capim serogroup. It is isolated from sentinel mice, Culex species, and the rodent Nectomys squamipes in Para, Brazil and in Panama. The symptoms of the Acará virus is death. Sometimes reported to cause disease in humans.^[1]

References

↑ Mahy, Brian W J (2001). A dictionary of virology (3. ed.). San Diego, Calif. [u.a.]: Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-12-465327-8.

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[1] Mahy, Brian W J (2001). A dictionary of virology (3. ed.). San Diego, Calif. [u.a.]: Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 0-12-465327-8.