Mammarenavirus | |
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Mammarenavirus structure and genome composition. | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
Class: | Ellioviricetes |
Order: | Bunyavirales |
Family: | Arenaviridae |
Genus: | Mammarenavirus |
Species [1] | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Mammarenavirus is a genus of viruses in the family Arenaviridae. [3] The name is a portmanteau of mammal and the former name Arenavirus, and differentiates it from the reptile-associated Reptarenavirus. [2] Arenavirus comes from the Latin arena (sand) for the sandy appearance of the virions. [4]
The following species are recognized: [5]
in the family Arenaviridae change the name of genus Arenavirus to Mammarenavirus and convert the names of its constituent species to a binomial format, by appending the name Mammarenavirus to each existing name
Derivation of name Arena: from Latin arenosus, "sandy" and arena, "sand", in recognition of the sand-like particles observed in thin section. The name originally proposed was arenovirus, but was subsequently changed to avoid possible confusion with Adenovirus.