Table 14.11 Characteristic prototypes of flaviviruses
From: Viruses with Single-Stranded, Positive-Sense RNA Genomes
Genus | Vector/carrier | Human virus | Animal virus |
|---|---|---|---|
Flavivirus | Mosquitoes Ticks | Yellow fever virus Dengue virus types 1–4 West Nile virus Japanese encephalitis virus St. Louis encephalitis virus Tick-borne encephalitis virus Kyasanur forest disease virus Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus | Yellow fever virus (monkeys) Wesselsbron virus (ovines, bovines) West Nile virus Tick-borne encephalitis virus Kyasanur Forest disease virus Omsk haemorrhagic fever virus Louping iII virus Jutiapa virus (cotton rats) Rio Bravo virus (bats) |
Pestivirus | – | Classical swine fever virus Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (mucosal disease) Ovine border disease virus | |
Hepacivirus | – | Hepatitis C virus | GB Virus B (New World monkeys) |
Pegivirus | – | T Human pegivirus (Hepatitis G virus (GB virus C)) | Theiler's disease associated virus of horses Simian pegivirus (GB virus A) bat pegivirus (GB virus D) |