Nairobi sheep disease virus (NSDV) infects sheep and goats and is transmitted by ticks. The virus belongs to the family Bunyaviridae , in the genus Nairovirus . NSDV has a single-stranded RNA genome, that is surrounded by a capsid and...
The Newcastle disease virus (NDV) infects domestic and wild birds, having been described in at least 241 species. NDV is an enveloped, single stranded RNA virus within the family of Paramyxoviridae , genus Avulavirus . There are ten serotypes of...
Nipah virus (NiV) is a newly emerging zoonotic infectious disease. The natural hosts of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, Pteropus genus, however pigs act as the amplifying host for the virus, meaning it can...
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