Flexal virus or FLEV (and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host.[2] It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil.[3]

It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae.[4] Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.[4]Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.[5]

References

  1. ^ "History of the taxon: Species: Mammarenavirus flexalense (2024 Release, MSL #40)". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  2. ^ Zuckerman, Ben (2014). Howard, C R (ed.). Arenaviruses. Elsevier. p. 7. ISBN 9780080877372.
  3. ^ Zuckerman 2014, p. 10
  4. ^ a b "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Arenaviruses" (PDF). The Center for Food Security and Public Health. Iowa State University. February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Indicative list of Category A infectious substances" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexal_mammarenavirus
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