Viruses of the family Bunyaviridae: Are all available isolates reassortants?

• Published in: Virology (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 446; no. 1-2; pp. 207 - 216
• Main Authors: Briese, Thomas, Calisher, Charles H., Higgs, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Animals; Arthropoda; arthropods; Bunyaviridae; Bunyaviridae - classification; Bunyaviridae - genetics; Bunyaviridae - isolation & purification; Bunyaviridae Infections - veterinary; Bunyaviridae Infections - virology; Bunyavirus; Bunyaviruses; evolution; Evolution, Molecular; Genetic Drift; Genome segment reassortment; hosts; Humans; Infectious Disease; Orthobunyavirus; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant Diseases - virology; Plants; point mutation; Reassortant Viruses - classification; Reassortant Viruses - genetics; Reassortant Viruses - isolation & purification; RNA; RNA, Viral - genetics; Tripartite genome; vertebrates; viruses; Phylogenetics; Genome segment reassortment; Tripartite genome; Bunyaviridae; Bunyaviruses

Viruses of the family Bunyaviridae (the bunyaviruses) possess three distinct linear, single-stranded, negative sense or ambisense RNA segments (large, medium, and small). Dual infections of arthropod and perhaps vertebrate and plant hosts provide substantial opportunity for segment reassortment and...