bunyavirus

English

Structure diagram and electron micrograph of a bunyavirus.

Etymology

From Bunyamwera, a town in Western Uganda where one of the viruses was first isolated.

Noun

bunyavirus (plural bunyaviruses)

1. (archaic) Any of the Bunyaviridae, a family of negative-stranded RNA viruses, now most typically in genus Orthobunyavirus in family Peribunyaviridae, but also in all families in order Bunyavirales.

References

• bunyavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peribunyaviridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies