There are 51 distinct viruses currently assigned to the genus Orthonairovirus. These viruses typically infect specific argasid or ixodid ticks, which transmit them to small vertebrates (birds and mammals) that in turn then server as sources for tick infection. Some orthonairoviruses are transmitted transovarially in ticks.
Jens H. Kuhn, Sergey V. Alkhovsky [Альховский Сергей Владимирович], Tatjana Avšič-Županc, Éric Bergeron, Felicity Burt, Koray Ergünay, Aura R. Garrison, Marco Marklewitz, Ali Mirazimi, Anna Papa [Άννα Παπά], Janusz T. Pawęska, Jessica R. Spengler and Gustavo Palacios
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as:
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter will be published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology as de Souza et al., (2024) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Peribunyaviridae 2024 (in press)
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William M. de Souza*
Peribunyaviridae Study Group Chair
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics,
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Kentucky
USA.
E-mail: wmdesouza@uky.edu
Orthobunyaviruses have a wide geographic and host range, although individual viruses may be restricted to a small number of host species. Viruses in the genus form a monophyletic clade upon comparison of L protein amino acid sequences, and encode an NSm, and often an NSs protein. Segment reassortment is well-described among related strains and has been associated with disease emergence.
