Ganjam virus
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Ganjam virus | |
Ganjam virus is a virus in the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae. It causes febrile illness in humans and disease in livestock.
Taxonomy
Ganjam virus lies within the Nairobi sheep disease serogroup.
Genome
The genome is composed a single strand of negative sense RNA in three parts - small (S), medium (M0 and large(L).[1]
References
- ^ Yadav PD, Vincent MJ, Khristova M, Kale C, Nichol ST, Mishra AC, Mourya DT (2011) Genomic analysis reveals Nairobi sheep disease virus to be highly diverse and present in both Africa, and in India in the form of the Ganjam virus variant. Infect Genet Evol