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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Orthomyxoviridae > Deltainfluenzavirus

Preferred term

Deltainfluenzavirus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Influenzavirus D
  • Influenza Viruses Type D
  • Orthomyxoviruses Type D

Scope note

  • A genus of the family ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE comprising viruses similar to type C, lacking NEURAMINIDASE and using hemagglutinin-esterase fusion (HEF) protein for attachment. Unlike in other influenza virus genera viral NEP is not produced via alternatively spliced non-structural protein mRNA (NS1). Deltainfluenzavirus mostly infect nonhuman hosts, e.g., cattle and swine and in human causes acute febrile respiratory tract infection. Influenza D virus is the type species.

History note

  • 2024(1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097023

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