Candiru phlebovirus explained

Candiru phlebovirus (CDUV) is a species of virus in the genus Phlebovirus.^[1]

Related strains

CDUV forms a serocomplex of related viruses with other phlebovirus strains (not italicized) and species (italicized), including:^[2]

• Alenquer phlebovirus
• Ariquemes virus
• Echarate phlebovirus
• Itaituba phlebovirus
• Jacunda virus
• Maldonado phlebovirus
• Morumbi virus
• Mucura virus
• Nique phlebovirus
• Oriximina phlebovirus
• Serra Norte virus
• Turuna phlebovirus

The serocomplex, CDUV, Alenquer, Echarate, Maldonado, Morumbi, and Serra Norte were isolated from people experiencing febrile illness, whereas the others were isolated from mosquitoes and sandflies.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICTV Taxonomy history: Candiru phlebovirus. . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). ICTV. 7 September 2020.
2. Palacios G, Tesh R, Travassos da Rosa A, Savji N, Sze W, Jain K, Serge R, Guzman H, Guevara C, Nunes MR, Nunes-Neto JP, Kochel T, Hutchison S, Vasconcelos PF, Lipkin WI. April 2011. Characterization of the Candiru antigenic complex (Bunyaviridae: Phlebovirus), a highly diverse and reassorting group of viruses affecting humans in tropical America. J Virol. 85. 8. 3811–3820. 10.1128/JVI.02275-10. 3126144. 21289119.