Group Group III (dsRNA) Family Reoviridae Genus Orthoreovirus | Order Unassigned Subfamily Spinareovirinae | |
Similar Melaka virus, Orthoreovirus, Menangle virus, Small flying fox, Rubulavirus | ||
Pulau virus (PuV) is a novel strain of Nelson Bay orthoreovirus species. It is a double-stranded RNA virus. It is fusogenic and syncytia-forming. It varies from Nelson Bay virus in the S1 and S2 nucleotide segments. It was isolated from a grey-headed flying fox megabat (Pteropus hypomelanus) on Tioman Island, Malaysia in 2000.
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