Ndumu virus
Appearance
Ndumu virus | |
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An image of a Culicine Mosquito | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Alsuviricetes |
Order: | Martellivirales |
Family: | Togaviridae |
Genus: | Alphavirus |
Species: | Ndumu virus
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Ndumu virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.[1] It was first isolated in 1961 from culicine mosquitoes collected in northern Natal, Union of South Africa.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ndumu virus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ Kokernot, R. H.; McIntosh, B. M.; Worth, C. Brooke (1961). "Ndumu Virus, a Hitherto Unknown Agent, Isolated from Culicine Mosquitoes Collected in Northern Natal, Union of South Africa". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 (3): 383–386. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1961.10.383. PMID 13757662.