bunyavirus

Questions

What does bunyavirus mean?

Any of the Bunyaviridae, a family of negative-stranded RNA viruses, now most typically in genus Orthobunyavirus in family Peribunyaviridae, but also in all families in order Bunyavirales.

Where does bunyavirus come from?

From Bunyamwera, a town in Western Uganda where one of the viruses was first isolated.

How to pronounce bunyavirus

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