Influenzavirus C

Taxobox
name = Orthomyxoviridae
virus_group = v
familia = "Orthomyxoviridae"
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Influenzavirus A"
"Influenzavirus B"
"Influenzavirus C"
"Isavirus"
"Thogotovirus

Influenzavirus C is a genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae, which includes those viruses which cause influenza. The only species in this genus is called "Influenza C virus".

Influenza C viruses are known to infect humans and pigscite journal | author = Guo Y., Jin F., Wang P., Wang M., Zhu J.M. | journal = Journal of General Virology | volume = 64 | pages = 177-82 | year = 1983 | pmid = 6296296 | doi = | issn = ] , giving them influenza.

Flu due to the type C species is rare compared to types A or B, but can be severe and can cause local epidemics.

ources

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* [http://idsc.nih.go.jp/iasr/21/245/de245a.html Isolation of influenza virus C from influenza cases in 1999/2000 season - Saitama]

Further reading

* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=267439 Detection of influenza C virus by using an in situ esterase assay]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/ICTVdB/00.046.0.02.htm ICTVdB database for Influenzavirus C]