Preferred Label : Bunyamwera virus;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
Définition CISMeF : Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus (BUNV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded enveloped RNA
virus. It is assigned to the Orthobunyavirus genus, in the Bunyavirales order. Bunyamwera
orthobunyavirus can infect both humans and Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito).
It is named for Bunyamwera, a town in western Uganda, where it was isolated in 1943.
Reassortant viruses derived from Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus, such as Ngari virus,
have been associated with large outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and
Somalia (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyamwera_orthobunyavirus).;
Origin ID : LP421095-3;
UMLS CUI : C0006394;
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Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus (BUNV) is a negative-sense, single-stranded enveloped RNA
virus. It is assigned to the Orthobunyavirus genus, in the Bunyavirales order. Bunyamwera
orthobunyavirus can infect both humans and Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito).
It is named for Bunyamwera, a town in western Uganda, where it was isolated in 1943.
Reassortant viruses derived from Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus, such as Ngari virus,
have been associated with large outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and
Somalia (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyamwera_orthobunyavirus).
