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Lyssavirus
Sign in to saveLyssavirus (from the Greek lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus) is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. The genus Lyssavirus includes the causative agent (rabies virus) of rabies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumNegarnaviricota
- ClassMonjiviricetes
- OrderMononegavirales
- FamilyRhabdoviridae
Lyssavirus ist eine Gattung von Viren, die zu der Familie Rhabdoviridae in der Ordnung Mononegavirales gehört. Ein bekannter Vertreter dieser Gattung ist das Rabiesvirus, welches die Tollwut auslöst. Lyssaviren besitzen einzelsträngige RNA mit negativer Polarität als Genom.
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Research
6,578 papers- Rabies Infection: An Overview of Lyssavirus-Host Protein Interactions.Iranian biomedical journal · 2021
- Lagos Bat Virus, an Under-Reported Rabies-Related Lyssavirus.Viruses · 2021
- The lyssavirus host-specificity conundrum-rabies virus-the exception not the rule.Current opinion in virology · 2018
- Bat lyssavirus infections.Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics) · 2000
- Toward the Development of a Pan-Lyssavirus Vaccine.Viruses · 2024
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Virology
- Structure
- Genome
- Evolution
- Life cycle
- Testing
- Epidemiology
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Lyssavirus (from the Greek lyssa "rage, fury, rabies" and the Latin vīrus) is a genus of RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Mammals, including humans, can serve as natural hosts. The genus Lyssavirus includes the causative agent (rabies virus) of rabies.
==Taxonomy== The genus contains the following species, listed by scientific name and followed by the exemplar virus of the species: Lyssavirus aravan, Aravan virus Lyssavirus australis, Australian bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus bokeloh, Bokeloh bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus caucasicus, West Caucasian bat virus Lyssavirus duvenhage, Duvenhage virus Lyssavirus formosa, Taiwan bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus gannoruwa, Gannoruwa bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus hamburg, European bat lyssavirus 1 Lyssavirus helsinki, European bat lyssavirus 2 Lyssavirus ikoma, Ikoma lyssavirus Lyssavirus irkut, Irkut virus Lyssavirus khujand, Khujand virus Lyssavirus kotalahti, Kotalahti bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus lagos, Lagos bat virus Lyssavirus lleida, Lleida bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus mokola, Mokola virus Lyssavirus phala, Phala bat lyssavirus Lyssavirus rabies, Rabies virus Lyssavirus shimoni, Shimoni bat virus
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