Quaranfil virus

Quaranfil virus
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Unassigned
Family:	Orthomyxoviridae
Genus:	Quaranjavirus
Species:	Quaranfil virus

Quaranfil virus is the type virus of the Quaranjavirus genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It has a negative sense, single-stranded RNA genome composed of 6 segments. Its hosts are ticks, birds, and humans. It was isolated from ticks near Cairo, Egypt in 1953.^[1] The virus can infect humans, as confirmed by serological study of human serum samples in Egypt in the 1960s that showed that 8% of the local population had neutralizing antibodies to the virus. The virus has not yet been connected to a human disease.^[2]

References

↑ Taylor, RM (1966). "Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 76–86. PMID 5901633 – via PubMed.
↑ Presti, Rachel M.; Zhao, Guoyan; Beatty, Wandy L.; Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A.; Rosa, Amelia P. A. Travassos da; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Tesh, Robert B.; Virgin, Herbert W.; Wang, David (2009-11-15). "Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae". Journal of Virology. 83 (22): 11599–11606. doi:10.1128/JVI.00677-09. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 2772707. PMID 19726499.

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[1] Taylor, RM (1966). "Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini". Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 15: 76–86. PMID 5901633 – via PubMed.

[2] Presti, Rachel M.; Zhao, Guoyan; Beatty, Wandy L.; Mihindukulasuriya, Kathie A.; Rosa, Amelia P. A. Travassos da; Popov, Vsevolod L.; Tesh, Robert B.; Virgin, Herbert W.; Wang, David (2009-11-15). "Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae". Journal of Virology. 83 (22): 11599–11606. doi:10.1128/JVI.00677-09. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 2772707. PMID 19726499.