Gadgets Gully virus

Gadgets-Gully-Virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Kitrinoviricota
Class:	Flasuviricetes
Order:	Amarillovirales
Family:	Flaviviridae
Genus:	Flavivirus
Species:	Gadgets-Gully-Virus

Gadgets Gully virus (GGYV) is an arbovirus, a member of the flavivirus family first isolated from the hard tick Ixodes uriae,[1] and named after Gadget's Gully on Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The virus antibodies were found in several species of penguin and antibodies were found in humans. It is believed that some species of seabird form natural reservoirs of the virus.

References

Humphery-Smith I, Cybinski DH, Byrnes KA, St George TD (1991). "Seroepidemiology of arboviruses among seabirds and island residents of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea". Epidemiol. Infect. 107 (2): 435–40. doi:10.1017/S0950268800049086. PMC 2272077. PMID 1657626.

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[1] Humphery-Smith I, Cybinski DH, Byrnes KA, St George TD (1991). "Seroepidemiology of arboviruses among seabirds and island residents of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea". Epidemiol. Infect. 107 (2): 435–40. doi:10.1017/S0950268800049086. PMC 2272077. PMID 1657626.