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Bunyaviridae

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Family of RNA Viruses, mainly transmitted by arthropods (“Arboviruses”).

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Negative-sense single-stranded tripartite RNA viruses (spherical, with envelope); about 200 species.

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Table 1 (Bunyavirus), pp. 188–190.

Bunyaviridae, Table 1 Arboviruses III. Negative sense, single-stranded tripartite RNA viruses: Family Bunyaviridae, Genus Orthobunyavirus

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Aspöck, H., Dobler, G. (2016). Bunyaviridae. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_478

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