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Ndumu virus

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Species of virus
Ndumu virus
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Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Alphavirus
Species: Ndumu virus

Ndumu virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus. It was first isolated in 1961 from culicine mosquitoes collected in northern Natal, Union of South Africa.

References

  1. "Ndumu virus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. Kokernot, R. H.; McIntosh, B. M.; Worth, C. Brooke (1961). "Ndumu Virus, a Hitherto Unknown Agent, Isolated from Culicine Mosquitoes Collected in Northern Natal, Union of South Africa". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 (3): 383–386. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1961.10.383. PMID 13757662.
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Ndumu virus


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