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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Bunyaviridae > Nairovirus

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Nairovirus  

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Note

  • infection = NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE or HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN or if not so specified, coord IM with BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of the family BUNYAVIRIDAE named after NAIROBI SHEEP DISEASE, an acute, hemorrhagic, tick-borne, gastroenteritis affecting sheep and goats. The type species is Dugbe virus. Some viruses in this genus are capable of causing severe and fatal disease in humans.

History note

  • 1992

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016855

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