Flexal mammarenavirus (also known as the Flexal virus or FLEV, and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host.[1] It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil.[2]
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Ellioviricetes |
| Order: | Bunyavirales |
| Family: | Arenaviridae |
| Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
| Species: | Flexal mammarenavirus
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It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae.[3] Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.[3]Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.[4]
References
edit- ^ Zuckerman, Ben (2014). Howard, C R (ed.). Arenaviruses. Elsevier. p. 7. ISBN 9780080877372.
- ^ Zuckerman 2014, p. 10
- ^ a b "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Arenaviruses" (PDF). The Center for Food Security and Public Health. Iowa State University. February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Indicative list of Category A infectious substances" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.
External links
edit- Flexal virus strain BeAn 293022 glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein genes, complete cds
- ArboCat Virus: Flexal (FLEV)
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