Bunyamwera fever is an infectious disease caused by Bunyamwera virus (BUNV), an orthobunyavirus in the order Bunyavirales of -ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes. BUNV was first isolated in 1943 in Uganda.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H01550 Bunyamwera fever
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain arthropod-borne viral fevers
1D4Y Other specified arthropod-borne viral fevers
H01550 Bunyamwera fever
Pathogen
Bunyamwera virus [GN:T40031]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D4Y
ICD-10:
A92.8
MeSH:
D002042
Reference
PMID:26118981
Authors
Odhiambo C, Venter M, Lwande O, Swanepoel R, Sang R
Title
Phylogenetic analysis of Bunyamwera and Ngari viruses (family Bunyaviridae, genus Orthobunyavirus) isolated in Kenya.