Flexal mammarenavirus

Flexal virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus: Mammarenavirus
Species: Flexal mammarenavirus

The Flexal mammarenavirus (also known as the Flexal virus or FLEV, and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host.[1] It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil.[2]

It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae.[3] Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.[3]

Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.[4]

References

  1. Zuckerman, Ben (2014). Howard, C R, ed. Arenaviruses. Netherlands: Elsevier Science & Technology. p. 7. ISBN 9780080877372.
  2. Zuckerman, Ben (2014). Howard, C R, ed. Arenaviruses. Netherlands: Elsevier Science & Technology. p. 10. ISBN 9780080877372.
  3. 1 2 "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Arenaviruses" (PDF). The Center for Food Security and Public Health. Iowa State University. February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. "Indicative list of Category A infectious substances" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.

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