Potosi virus
Potosi virus
A negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the Bunyaviridae family, genus Orthobunyavirus, Bunyamwera virus group serotype. It is not known to cause human disease.
Vector
Aedes albopictus.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
References in periodicals archive
Potosi virus, meanwhile, has not been found to be similar to any other U.S.
In 1990, entomologists reported they had isolated the so-called
Potosi virus from specimens of Asian tiger mosquitoes collected in Potosi, Mo.
Recent data suggest that CHLV is a reassortant that acquired its small RNA segment from CVV and medium and large RNA segments from
Potosi virus (POTV) (1).
It remains unclear whether this microbe, dubbed
Potosi virus, can cause human illness.
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