Flexal mammarenavirus

Flexal mammarenavirus (also known as the Flexal virus or FLEV, and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host.[1] It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil.[2]

Flexal mammarenavirus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus: Mammarenavirus
Species:
Flexal mammarenavirus

It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae.[3] Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.[3]

Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.[4]

References
  1. Zuckerman, Ben (2014). Howard, C R (ed.). Arenaviruses. Elsevier. p. 7. ISBN 9780080877372.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Zuckerman 2014, p. 10
  3. "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers Caused by Arenaviruses" (PDF). The Center for Food Security and Public Health. Iowa State University. February 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. "Indicative list of Category A infectious substances" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-25.


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