Rustrela virus, scientific name ''Rubivirus strelense'', is a species of virus in the genus ''

Rubivirus ''Rubivirus'' is a genus of virus A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria an ...

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History

Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial mammals – a donkey, a capybara, and a wallaby – in a zoo in Germany, and in wild yellow-necked field mice in and around the zoo. – See also article correction: The virus can jump between species and interestingly infects both placental and marsupial animals.

Structure

The Rustrela virus has the same genomic structure as the Rubella virus. Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells. There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella virus and

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References

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