Tahyna virus


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Ta·hy·na vi·rus

a California group arbovirus genus Bunyavirus, in the family Bunyaviridae, from central Europe, known to infect humans.
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Tahyna virus

A negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus of the Bunyaviridae family, genus Orthobunyavirus, California serogroup. It is widely distributed in Europe and Asia, transported by culicine (Culex spp) mosquitoes, and clinically causes fever and influenza-like symptoms, which may in some cases by accompanied by pneumonia and pleurisy, acute arthritis, pharyngitis and CNS involvement.
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Tahyna virus

Abbreviation: TAH
A European arbovirus of the Bunyaviridae family. It is transmitted to humans by mosquito bite and causes fevers, respiratory illnesses, encephalitis, and meningitis.
See also: virus
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INKV, Inkoo virus; JCV, Jamestown Canyon virus; LACV, La Crosse virus; SSHV, snowshoe hare virus; TAHV, Tahyna virus.
Gapdh, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase; INKV, Inkoo virus; JCV, Jamestown Canyon virus; LACV, La Crosse virus; SSHV, snowshoe hare virus; TAHV, Tahyna virus.
Differences in Neuropathogenesis of Encephalitic California Serogroup Viruses
Sex/age, y collections IgG (IFA) antibody titer 1 M/20 Sep 5 + 80 Dec 17 NT 40 2 M/72 Sep 5 + 80 Dec 17 NT 80 3 M/7 Sep 5 + 40 Dec 18 NT 10 4 M/25 Sep 6 + 80 Dec 18 NT 80 5 F/27 Sep 6 + 40 Dec 18 NT 40 6 M/35 Aug 18 + 40 Dec 18 NT 40 7 M/7 Aug 24 + 40 Dec 18 NT 80 8 F/43 Aug 27 + 40 Dec 18 NT 40 9 F/60 Aug 31 + 80 Dec 20 NT 80 10 F/42 Sep 16 + 80 Dec 20 NT 80 * TAHV, Tahyna virus; Ig, immunoglobulin; IFA, immunofluorescence assay; NT, not tested.
Tahyna virus and human infection, China
When one takes into account the information in the Table and the serologic evidence of antibodies against SINV, WNV, Usutu virus, and Tahyna virus in sera of migrant and resident UK birds, the likelihood is high that mosquitoborne arboviruses, particularly those associated with ornithophilic mosquitoes, such as Culex spp., circulate, albeit harmlessly, in the United Kingdom.
Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom
Potential Chlamydia Arboviruses zoonotic psittaci Tickborne diseases Coxiella encephalitis carried by burnetii Crimean-Congo hedgehogs: Yersinia hemorrhagic pestis fever Tahyna virus Bhanja virus Paramyxovirus Protozoal Mycotic I.
Hedgehog zoonoses
The isolation of the Tahyna virus from the mosquito Aeries vexans in southern Moravia.
Mosquitoborne viruses, Czech republic, 2002

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