Rustrela virus

Rustrela virus
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Kitrinoviricota
Class:	Alsuviricetes
Order:	Hepelivirales
Family:	Matonaviridae
Genus:	Rubivirus
Species:	Rustrela virus

Rustrela virus is the third member of the genus Rubivirus.

Etymology

Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic marsupial animals- a donkey, a capybara, and a kangaroo- in a zoo in Germany and wild yellow-necked field mice in the zoo and around the zoo. [1] The virus can species jump and interestingly infects placental and marsupial animals.

Taxonomy

Group: ssRNA+
Order: Hepelivirales
Family: Matonaviridae
Genus: Rubivirus

Structure

Rustrela viruses have the same genomic structure as Rubella virus. Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells. [2] There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella and Ruhugu.[1]

References

Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 586 (7829): 424–428. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMC 7572621. PMID 33029010. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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[auto-1] Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 586 (7829): 424–428. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMC 7572621. PMID 33029010. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[2] Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 16 November 2020.