Maguari virus

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

Maguari virus, abbreviated MAGV,[1] is a negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Bunyavirales order, genus Orthobunyavirus,[2][3] Bunyamwera serogroup,[3] that has been shown to be capable of causing human disease.[3] MAGV is related to Cache Valley virus and Tensaw virus.[1]

In addition to humans, MAGV has been isolated from mosquitoes, horses, cattle, sheep, birds, and rodents.[1] The mosquito species include Aedes fulvus, Aedes scapularis, Aedes serratus, Culex taeniopus, and species in the genera Anopheles, Wyeomyia, and Psorophora.[1]

MAGV's geographic range includes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru.;[1][3] it has not been isolated north of Trinidad.[4] The presence of antibodies to Maguari virus in human residents of south Florida can be attributed to either cross-reactivity with Tensaw virus, or cross-reactivity to an antigenic subtype or variant of Tensaw virus, although it is possible that another, undescribed, Bunyamwera serogroup virus may exist in south Florida.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Virus Name: Maguari" in Arbovirus Catalog, https://wwwn.cdc.gov/arbocat/VirusDetails.aspx?ID=276&SID=5, accessed August 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ The Medical Dictionary, http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Maguari+virus, accessed August 5, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Groseth A, Vine V, Weisend C, Guevara C, Watts D, Russell B, Tesh RB, Ebihara H. 2017. Maguari Virus Associated with Human Disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2017 Aug;23(8):1325–1331. doi:10.3201/eid2308.161254, PMC 5547800, PMID 28726602.
  4. 1 2 Calisher CH, Lazuick JS, Lieb S, Monath TP, Castro KG. 1988. Human infections with Tensaw virus in south Florida: evidence that Tensaw virus subtypes stimulate the production of antibodies reactive with closely related Bunyamwera serogroup viruses. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1988 Jul;39(1):117–22. PMID 2899978.


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