Flexal virus or FLEV (and previously known by the laboratory code BeAn 293022) is a

mammarenavirus ''Mammarenavirus'' is a genus of viruses in the family ''Arenaviridae''. The name is a portmanteau of mammal and the former name ''Arenavirus'', and differentiates it from the reptile-associated ''Reptarenavirus''. ''Arenavirus'' comes from the ...

: an

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with a mammalian host. It was first found in semiaquatic rodents of the genus

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in the

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area of

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. It is a member of Clade A of the Tacaribe (or "New World") serocomplex of the family ''Arenaviridae''. Laboratory workers infected by Flexal virus have exhibited febrile illness.Flexal virus is listed as a UN 2814 Category A infectious substance.

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Flexal virus strain BeAn 293022 glycoprotein precursor and nucleocapsid protein genes, complete cds

ArboCat Virus: Flexal (FLEV)
Arenaviridae Viral diseases {{infectious-disease-stub