Kasokero orthonairovirus: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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'''''Kasokero orthonairovirus''''' is a species of virus in the genus ''[[Orthonairovirus]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release |url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy |publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) |date=March 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref> Its only known host is the fruit bat ''[[Rousettus aegyptiacus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/1712570|title=Kasokero virus|publisher=GenomeNet|accessdate=22 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Genomic Characterization of the Genus Nairovirus (Family Bunyaviridae)|journal=Viruses|volume=8|issue=6|pages=164|pmc = 4926184|year = 2016|last1 = Kuhn|first1 = J. H.|last2=Wiley|first2=M. R.|last3=Rodriguez|first3=S. E.|last4=Bào|first4=Y.|last5=Prieto|first5=K.|last6=Travassos Da Rosa|first6=A. P.|last7=Guzman|first7=H.|last8=Savji|first8=N.|last9=Ladner|first9=J. T.|last10=Tesh|first10=R. B.|last11=Wada|first11=J.|last12=Jahrling|first12=P. B.|last13=Bente|first13=D. A.|last14=Palacios|first14=G.|pmid=27294949|doi=10.3390/v8060164|doi-access=free}}</ref> The virus takes its name from the [[Kasokero Cave]] in [[Uganda]], where it was first collected.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Kasokero virus: a new human pathogen from bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Uganda|journal=The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene|volume=35|issue=2|pages=387–92|pmid = 3082234|year=1986|last1=Kalunda|first1=M.|last2=Mukwaya|first2=L. G.|last3=Mukuye|first3=A.|last4=Lule|first4=M.|last5=Sekyalo|first5=E.|last6=Wright|first6=J.|last7=Casals|first7=J.|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.1986.35.387}}</ref>

It is likely pathogenic in humans.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Amy J. |last1=Schuh |first2=Brian R. |last2=Amman |first3=Ketan |last3=Patel |first4=Tara K. |last4=Sealy |first5=Robert |last5=Swanepoel |first6=Jonathan S. |last6=Towner |display-authors=3 |title=Human-Pathogenic Kasokero Virus in Field-Collected Ticks |url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-2411_article |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |date=December 2020 |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=2944–2950 |doi=10.3201/eid2612.202411}}</ref>

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