Table 1.
The 32 viruses of the Bunyamwera group, geographic areas of origin, main hosts, and principal vectors, including relevant references.
| Virus | Abbreviation | Source, location, year of first isolation | Main hosts | Principal arthropod vectors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG83 1746 | South America | Rodents | Mosquitoes | (46) | |
| Anhembi | AM | Brazil | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (28, 46) |
| Batai | BAT | Anopheles maculipennis, Czechoslovakia, 1950 | Humans, ruminants, sentinel animals (birds) | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine), Biting midges | (28, 34, 46) |
| BeAr 3282208 | South America | Not known | Mosquitoes | (46) | |
| Birao | BIR | Anopheles pharoensis, Central Afr. Rep., 1969 | Not known | Mosquitoes (anopheline) | (28, 34, 46) |
| Bozo | Africa | Not known | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (46) | |
| Bunyamwera | BUN | Aedes spp., Uganda, 1943 | Humans | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (28, 34, 46, 50) |
| Cache valley | CV | Culiseta inornata, Utah, 1956 | Sheep, cattle, marsupials | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (28, 34, 46) |
| CbaAr426 | South America | Not known | Mosquitoes | (46) | |
| Fort Sherman | Human, Panama, 1985 | Humans | Mosquitoes | (34, 46) | |
| Germiston | GER | South Africa | Humans, rodents, sentinel animals | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (28, 46) |
| Guaroa | GRO | Colombia | Humans | Mosquitoes | (28) |
| Iaco | South America | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (46) | |
| Ilesha | ILE | Human, Nigeria, 1957 | Humans | Mosquitoes (anopheline) | (28, 34) |
| Kairi | KRI | Trinidad | Equine, primates, rodents, sentinel animals | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (46) |
| Lokern | LOK | USA | Cattle, goats, sheep | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine), Culicoid flies | (28, 46) |
| Macaua | South America | Rodents, bats | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (46) | |
| Maguari | MAG | Aedes scapularis, Ecuador, 1974 | Sentinel animal, cattle | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (28, 34, 46) |
| Main drain | MD | USA | Equine | Mosquitoes (culicine), Culicoid flies | (28, 46) |
| Mboke | Africa | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (46) | |
| Ngari | Aedes simpsoni, Senegal, 1979 | Humans | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine), ticks | (31, 46, 50, 51) | |
| Northway | NOR | Aedes spp., Alaska, 1971 | Rodents, sentinel animals | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (28, 34) |
| Playas | South America | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (52) | |
| Potosi | Aedes albopictus, Missouri, 1989 | Not known | Mosquitoes | (34, 52) | |
| Santa Rosa | North America | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (28) | |
| Shokwe | Aedes cumminsii, South Africa, 1962 | Humans, rodents | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (28, 34, 46) | |
| Sororoca | SOR | Brazil | Not known | Mosquitoes (culicine) | (28, 46) |
| Tensaw | TEN | USA | Rodents, sentinel animals, cattle | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (46) |
| Tlacotalpan | TLA | Mexico | Not known | Mosquitoes | (28, 46) |
| Tucunduba | Brazil | Not known | Mosquitoes | (28, 46) | |
| Wyeomyia | WYO | Wyeomyia melanocephala, Colombia, 1940 | Not known | Mosquitoes (anopheline, culicine) | (28, 34, 46) |
| Xingu | Human, Brazil, unknown date | Humans | Mosquitoes | (34, 52) |