Orbivirus
Sign in to saveOrbivirus is a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the order Reovirales and the family Sedoreoviridae. Unlike other reoviruses, orbiviruses are arboviruses. They can infect and replicate within a wide range of arthropod and vertebrate hosts. Orbiviruses are named after their characteristic doughnut-shaped capsomers ( in Latin means ring).
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GENUS
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumDuplornaviricota
- ClassResentoviricetes
- OrderReovirales
- FamilyReoviridae
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- History
- Virology
- Structure
- Genome
- Life cycle
- Pathogenesis
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Serogroups
- Vector groups
- Midge vector group
- Mosquito vector group
- Tick vector group
- Undetermined vector
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Orbivirus is a genus of double-stranded RNA viruses in the order Reovirales and the family Sedoreoviridae. Unlike other reoviruses, orbiviruses are arboviruses. They can infect and replicate within a wide range of arthropod and vertebrate hosts. Orbiviruses are named after their characteristic doughnut-shaped capsomers ( in Latin means ring).
Many orbiviruses are transmitted by ticks or haematophagus insect vectors (Culicoides, mosquitoes and sand flies) and have a wide host range that includes cattle, goats and sheep, wild ruminants, equids, camelids, marsupials, sloths, bats, birds, large canine and feline carnivores, and humans.