Ilhéus virus
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
| Class: | Flasuviricetes |
| Order: | Amarillovirales |
| Family: | Flaviviridae |
| Genus: | Orthoflavivirus |
| Species: | Orthoflavivirus ilheusense
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Ilhéus virus (ILHV), commonly spelled Ilheus virus, is a positive-strand RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae. It was first isolated in 1944 from mosquitoes in the genera Psorophora and Aedes in Ilhéus in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
Vectors
[edit]Besides Psorophora and Aedes, Ilhéus virus has also been isolated from mosquitoes in the genera Culex, Coquillettidia, Haemagogus, Ochlerotatus, Sabethes, and Trichoprosopon.
References
[edit]- Plante KS, et al. (2024). "Potential of Ilhéus virus to emerge". Heliyon. 10 (6): 109–110. doi:10.1590/S0036-46652003000200012. hdl:11336/70948. PMID 12754579. full text: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)03965-3
- Reis LM, et al. (2024). "Ilheus Virus (ILHV) Resistance in Culex quinquefasciatus from the Northern Region of Brazil". Life (Basel). 14 (4): 427. Bibcode:2024Life...14..427R. doi:10.3390/life14040427. PMC 11051376. PMID 38672699.
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