Group Group V ((−)ssRNA) Genus Mammarenavirus | Family Arenaviridae Rank Species | |
Similar Lujo virus, Zygodontomys brevicauda, Neacomys, Large vesper mouse, Drylands vesper mouse | ||
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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