Ndumu virus is an RNA virus in the genus Alphavirus.[1] It was first isolated in 1961 from culicine mosquitoes collected in northern Natal, Union of South Africa.[2]

Ndumu virus
An image of a Culicine Mosquito
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Kitrinoviricota
Class: Alsuviricetes
Order: Martellivirales
Family: Togaviridae
Genus: Alphavirus
Species:
Ndumu virus

References

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  1. ^ "Ndumu virus". www.genome.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. ^ Kokernot, R. H.; McIntosh, B. M.; Worth, C. Brooke (1961). "Ndumu Virus, a Hitherto Unknown Agent, Isolated from Culicine Mosquitoes Collected in Northern Natal, Union of South Africa". The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 10 (3): 383–386. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1961.10.383. PMID 13757662.