Table 1.
Viruses classified in the species BUNV in the eighth report of the ICTV
| Virus* | Abbreviation | Source of original isolation (host, country, and date)† |
|---|---|---|
| Bunyamwera virus | BUNV | Aedes spp. mosquitoes, Uganda, 1943 |
| Batai virus | BATV | Culex gelidus, Malaysia, 1955 |
| Birao virus | BIRV | Anopheles pharoensis, Central African Republic, 1969 |
| Bozo virus | BOZOV | Aedes opok, Central African Republic, 1975 |
| Cache Valley virus | CVV | C. inornata, United States, 1956 |
| Fort Sherman virus | FSV | Homo sapiens, Panama, 1985 |
| Germiston virus | GERV | Culex spp. mosquitoes, South Africa, 1958 |
| Ilesha virus | ILEV | H. sapiens, Nigeria, 1957 |
| Lokern virus | LOKV | Culex tarsalis, United States, 1962 |
| Maguari virus | MAGV | Mixed mosquito pool, Brazil, 1957 |
| Mboke virus | MBOV | Aedes (Finlaya) ingrami, Cameroon, 1970 |
| Ngari virus | NRIV | Aedes simpsoni, Senegal, 1979 |
| Northway virus | NORV | Aedes spp. mosquitoes, United States, 1972 |
| Playas virus | PLAV | Aedes taeniorhynchus, Ecuador, 1975 |
| Potosi virus | POTV | Aedes albopictus, United States, 1994 |
| Santa Rosa virus | SARV | Aedes angustivittatus, Mexico, 1972 |
| Shokwe virus | SHOV | Aedes cumminsil, South Africa, 1962 |
| Tensaw virus | TENV | Anopheles crucians, United States, 1968 |
| Tlacotalpan virus | TLAV | Mansonia titillans, Mexico, 1961 |
| Xingu virus | XINV | H. sapiens, Brazil, unknown |
ICTV = International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses.
*
Iaco and Tucunduba viruses are listed as BUNVs in the eighth report of the ICTV but are not included here because recent data suggest that they should be reclassified as Wyeomyia group viruses.34
†
Information on original virus isolation was obtained from the Arbovirus catalog (https://wwwn.cdc.gov/arbocat) with the exceptions of POTV and XINV, which are not listed in the catalog.35,36