Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus

Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Negarnaviricota
Class:	Ellioviricetes
Order:	Bunyavirales
Family:	Peribunyaviridae
Genus:	Orthobunyavirus
Species:	Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus
Isolates
	Batai virus; Birao virus; Bozo virus; Bunyamwera virus - 1943 prototype; Bunyamwera virus Laguna Larga; Cache Valley virus; Fort Sherman virus; Germiston virus; Iaco virus; Ilesha virus; Lokern virus; Maguari virus; Mboke virus; Ngari virus; Northway virus; Playas virus; Potosi virus; Santa Rosa virus; Shokwe virus; Tensaw virus; Tlacotalpan virus; Tucunduba virus; Xingu virus;
Synonyms
	Bunyamwera virus;

Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus (BUNV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded enveloped RNA virus. It is assigned to the Orthobunyavirus genus, in the Bunyavirales order.

Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus can infect both humans and Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito).

It is named for Bunyamwera, a town in western Uganda, where it was isolated in 1943. Reassortant viruses derived from Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus, such as Ngari virus, have been associated with large outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and Somalia.

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