Bourbon virus

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Bourbon virus
Bourbon virus sphere (EID 2015 Fig 2b) .jpg

Electron microscope image of the
spherical shape of the " Bourbon virus "
(scale bar: 100 nm)

Systematics
Classification : Viruses
Area : Riboviria
Empire : Orthornavirae
Phylum : Negarnaviricota
Subphylum : Polyploviricotina
Class : Insthoviricetes
Order : Articulavirales
Family : Orthomyxoviridae
Genre : Thogotovirus
Type : Thogoto virus
Subspecies : Bourbon virus
Taxonomic characteristics
Genome : (-) ssRNA segmented
Baltimore : Group 5
Symmetry : filamentous helical
Cover : available
Scientific name
Bourbon virus
Short name
BOUV
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NCBI  Taxonomy: 1618189

The " Bourbon virus " ( BOUV ) is a species of the virus genus Thogotovirus from the Orthomyxoviridae family that was discovered in 2014 . It is an enveloped virus with single-stranded RNA with negative polarity as its genome . The species has not yet been confirmed by the ICTV as of September 2019.

properties

Electron microscope image of a filamentous form of the " Bourbon virus " (scale bar: 100 nm)

The " Bourbon virus " was first detected in spring 2014 in Bourbon County in eastern Kansas and named after it. By February 2015, the CDC had found a fatal case of illness in a farmer caused by the virus . It is believed that tick or insect bites are responsible for transmitting the virus. The spread of the virus in the population is so far unknown. The closest relatives of the " Bourbon virus " are found in Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

Symptoms

In a 2014 death attributed to the virus, the affected man suffered from fever, fatigue, rash , headache and body aches, nausea and vomiting. It has not yet been proven whether the virus was the sole cause of the man's death.

therapy

There are no approved drugs for the therapy of the Bourbon virus, so preventive treatment against insect bites is recommended, e.g. B. with diethyltoluamide (DEET).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ICTV Master Species List 2018b v1 MSL # 34, Feb. 2019
  2. ↑ a b ICTV: ICTV Taxonomy history: Akabane orthobunyavirus , EC 51, Berlin, Germany, July 2019; Email ratification March 2020 (MSL # 35)
  3. ^ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bourbon virus .
  4. ^ New virus discovered , report on CNN.
  5. ^ A b Kansas Department of Health & Environment: KDHE and CDC Investigate New Virus .
  6. ^ A b Denise Grady, Mysterious Virus That Killed a Farmer in Kansas Is Identified . In: New York Times , December 23, 2014.

Web links

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