| itaya virus, a novel orthobunyavirus associated with human febrile illness, peru. | our genetic analyses of uncharacterized bunyaviruses isolated in peru identified a possible reassortant virus containing small and large gene segment sequences closely related to the caraparu virus and a medium gene segment sequence potentially derived from an unidentified group c orthobunyavirus. neutralization tests confirmed serologic distinction among the newly identified virus and the prototype and caraparu strains. this virus, named itaya, was isolated in 1999 and 2006 from febrile patient ... | 0 | 25898901 |