Bunyavirus
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Definition[edit | edit source]
Bunyavirus is an animal virus belonging to the family Bunyaviridae.
Potential bioweapon[edit | edit source]
Because of it's potential to cause significant harm, it can be used as a bioweapon.
List of viruses[edit | edit source]
- Arenaviridae
- Cruliviridae
- Fimoviridae
- Hantaviridae
- Leishbuviridae
- Mypoviridae
- Nairoviridae
- Peribunyaviridae
- Phasmaviridae
- Phenuiviridae
- Tospoviridae
- Wupedeviridae
Diseases in humans[edit | edit source]
Bunyaviruses that cause disease in humans include:
- California encephalitis virus, La Crosse encephalitis virus, Jamestown Canyon virus
- Hantavirus (family Hantaviridae) use reservoir host such as small mammals or rodents and a vector
- Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever of Nairoviridae
- Rift Valley fever caused by viruses belonging to Phenuiviridae
- Bwamba Fever of the virus family Peribunyaviridae
- Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
- Lassa fever and Argentine hemorrhagic fever of Family: Arenaviridae
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