Batai virus

A negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the Bunyaviridae family, genus Orthobunyavirus, which donates M-segment sequences to the Ngari virus, resulting in a so-called reassortment virus associated with outbreaks of haemorrhagic fever in Kenya and Somalia.

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6%-100% aa) among members of these groups, even when the analysis includes more distantly related and clearly geographically distinct viruses, such as Batai virus.

Maguari virus associated with human disease

gt; Anopheles barbirostris: Isolations of JE virus have been made from this species in Asansol and Bankura in West Bengal and Batai virus from Brahmapalli in Andhra Pradesh Reuben et al (15)

An annotated checklist of mosquito fauna with vector bionomics in Nilgiri hills, Southern India

Sequence analysis showed that NRIV is a reassortant between Bunyamwera virus (BUNV) and Batai virus (BATV), both from the genus Orthobunyavirus.

Ngari virus in goats during rift valley fever outbreak, Mauritania, 2010

Putative cross-reacting orthobunyaviruses circulating in Europe, Batai virus (13), Tahyna virus (14), and Inkoo virus (15), were obtained from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (Hamburg, Germany).

Zoonotic viruses in the Simbu serogroup are not known to circulate in Europe, but related orthobunyaviruses that may infect humans are Batai virus (BATV), Tahyna virus (TAHV), and Inkoo virus (INKV) (Table 2).

Lack of evidence for zoonotic transmission of Schmallenberg virus

While investigations for Batai virus have not been extensive, this virus is also widespread throughout western Europe (12).