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.
William M. de Souza, Charles H. Calisher, Jean Paul Carrera, Holly R. Hughes, Márcio R. T. Nunes, Brandy Russell, Natasha L. Tilston-Lunel, Marietjie Venter and Han Xia (夏菡)
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary that will be published as de Souza et al., (2024) ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Peribunyaviridae 2024 Journal of General Virology (in press)
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Ahne, W., Batts, W. N., Kurath, G. & Winton, J. R. (1999). Comparative sequence analyses of sixteen reptilian paramyxoviruses. Virus Res 63, 65-74. [PubMed]
Bert K. Rima*
Centre for Experimental Medicine
School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
The Queen's University of Belfast Belfast, BT9 7BL
Northern Ireland
UK
E-mail: b.rima@qub.ac.uk
Members of all species of the genus Paraavulavirus have hemagglutinin and neuraminidase activities. They share greater sequence relatedness within the genus than with members of other genera.
See discussion under family description.
