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Flexal mammarenavirus

Flexal virus
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Family: Arenaviridae
Genus: Mammarenavirus
Species: Flexal mammarenavirus

The Flexal mammarenavirus (also known as the Flexal virus or FLEV, and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a mammarenavirus: an arenavirus with a mammalian host. It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus Oryzomys in tropical forest in the Pará area of Brazil.

It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family Arenaviridae. Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.

Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.



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