Qalyub virus
| Qalyub virus | |
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Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Negarnaviricota |
| Class: | Bunyaviricetes |
| Order: | Hareavirales |
| Family: | Nairoviridae |
| Genus: | Orthonairovirus |
| Species: | Orthonairovirus qalyubense |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Qalyub virus (Orthonairovirus qalyubense) is a virus discovered in a rat's nest in a tomb wall in the Egyptian town of Qalyub (Egyptian Arabic: قليوب pronounced [ʔælˈjuːb]) in 1952.[2] The primary vector for transmission is the Carios erraticus tick,[3] and thus it is an arbovirus.
There is no evidence of clinical disease in humans.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "History of the taxon: Species: Orthonairovirus qalyubense (2024 Release, MSL #40)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ↑ Taylor, R.M. (1970). "No. 222, Qalyub (QYB)". American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 19 (6 part 2): 1115–1116. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1970.19.1115. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- 1 2 Kurstak, Edouard; R.G. Marusyk; F.A. Murphy; M.H.V. Van Regenmortel (1990). Applied Virology Research, Volume 2: Virus Variability, Epidemiology, and Control. New York, New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-306-43359-7.
External links
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