Quaranjavirus johnstonense is the type virus of the Quaranjavirusgenus in the
virus family Orthomyxoviridae. The virus was first isolated in 1964 from ticks found in a
Noddy Tern nest on Sand Island,
Johnston Atoll.[2] The discovery of the virus was notable as the only other species in the genus at the time had been previously discovered in Africa.[3] Mainly concentrated in the pacific the range of this virus includes
Johnson Atoll, and
New Zealand.[4]
^Clifford CM, Thomas LA, Hughes LE, Kohls GM, Philip CB (November 1968). "Identification and comparison of two viruses isolated from ticks of the genus Ornithodoros". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 17 (6): 881–885.
doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.1968.17.881.
PMID4973055.
^Austin FJ (September 1978). "Johnston Atoll virus (Quaranfil group) from Ornithodoros capensis (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) infesting a gannet colony in New Zealand". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 27 (5): 1045–1048.
doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.1978.27.1045.
PMID717630.