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Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus

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Orthobunyavirus
Virus classification
Group:
Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:
Unassigned
Family:
Genus:
Species:
Bunyamwera virus

The Bunyamwera virus is a Negative-sense single stranded envelope RNA virus. It is the type species of the Orthobunyavirus genus, it is in the Bunyaviridae family.

The Bunyamwera virus can infect both humans and Aedes aegypti (the Yellowfever mosquito)[1].

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