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(Redirected from Rubivirus strelense) Species of virus
Rubivirus strelense
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Hepelivirales
Family: Matonaviridae
Genus: Rubivirus
Species: Rubivirus strelense
Synonyms

Rustrela virus

Rustrela virus, scientific name Rubivirus strelense, is a species of virus in the genus Rubivirus.

History

Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial mammals – a donkey, a capybara, and a wallaby – in a zoo in Germany, and in wild yellow-necked field mice (Apodemus flavicollis) in and around the zoo. The virus can jump between species and interestingly infects both placental and marsupial animals.

Structure

The Rustrela virus has the same genomic structure as the Rubella virus. Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells. There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella virus and Ruhugu virus.

References

  1. Bennett AJ, Paskey AC, Ebinger A, Kuhn JH, Bishop-Lilly KA, Beer M, Goldberg TL (31 July 2020). "Create two new species and rename one species in genus Rubivirus (Hepelivirales: Matonaviridae)" (docx). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 586 (7829): 424–428. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..424B. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMC 7572621. PMID 33029010. – See also article correction: Bennett, Andrew J.; Paskey, Adrian C.; Ebinger, Arnt; Pfaff, Florian; Priemer, Grit; Höper, Dirk; Breithaupt, Angele; Heuser, Elisa; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Kuhn, Jens H.; Bishop-Lilly, Kimberly A.; Beer, Martin; Goldberg, Tony L. (3 December 2020). "Author Correction: Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 588 (7836): E2. Bibcode:2020Natur.588E...2B. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2897-1. PMID 33199919. S2CID 226991151.
  3. Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Rubivirus strelense
Rubivirus strelense
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