Mengla dianlovirus explained

Mengla dianlovirus (MLAV, also written Měnglà virus) is a type of filovirus identified in a Rousettus bat in Mengla County, Yunnan Province, China, and was first reported in January 2019.^[1] It is classified in the same family as Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus.^[2]

It is the only member of the genus Dianlovirus.^[1] The name derives from Chinese: 滇, the Chinese language abbreviation for Yunnan, added to "filovirus", the common name for Filoviridae.^[1] Neither the species nor the genus are listed in the 2018 ICTV classification, as the virus was formally described after that report was released. A formal proposal was submitted for the taxa in January 2019.^[3]

Notes and References

1. 10.1038/s41564-018-0328-y. 30617348. Characterization of a filovirus (Měnglà virus) from Rousettus bats in China. Nature Microbiology. 4. 3. 390–395. 2019. Yang. Xing-Lou. Tan. Chee Wah. Anderson. Danielle E.. Jiang. Ren-Di. Li. Bei. Zhang. Wei. Zhu. Yan. Lim. Xiao Fang. Zhou. Peng. Liu. Xiang-Ling. Guan. Wuxiang. Zhang. Libiao. Li. Shi-Yue. Zhang. Yun-Zhi. Wang. Lin-Fa. Shi. Zheng-Li. 57574565.
2. Web site: New bat-borne virus related to Ebola . . January 7, 2019.
3. Web site: Wáng . Línfā . Shí . Zhènglì . Yáng . Xìnglóu . Kuhn . Jens H. . One (1) new genus including one (1) new species in the mononegaviral family Filoviridae . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 25 May 2019.