Gadgets Gully virus
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Gadgets-Gully-Virus | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Flasuviricetes |
Order: | Amarillovirales |
Family: | Flaviviridae |
Genus: | Flavivirus |
Species: | Gadgets-Gully-Virus
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Gadgets Gully virus (GGYV) is an arbovirus, a member of the flavivirus family first isolated from the hard tick Ixodes uriae,[1] and named after Gadget's Gully on Macquarie Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Antibodies to the virus have been found in humans and in several species of penguin. Certain species of seabird are thought to be the natural reservoirs of the virus.
References[]
- ^ Humphery-Smith I, Cybinski DH, Byrnes KA, St George TD (1991). "Seroepidemiology of arboviruses among seabirds and island residents of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea". Epidemiol. Infect. 107 (2): 435–40. doi:10.1017/S0950268800049086. PMC 2272077. PMID 1657626.
Categories:
- Flaviviruses
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