Rustrela virus, scientific name ''Rubivirus strelense'', is a species of virus in the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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Rubivirus''.
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
Rubella virus (RuV) is the pathogenic agent of the disease rubella, transmitted only between humans via the respiratory route, and is the main cause of congenital rubella syndrome when infection occurs during the first weeks of pregnancy.
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. 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
Ruhugu virus.
References
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Viruses