Ndumu virus | |
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An image of a Culicine mosquito | |
Virus classification![]() | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Kitrinoviricota |
Class: | Alsuviricetes |
Order: | Martellivirales |
Family: | Togaviridae |
Genus: | Alphavirus |
Species: | Alphavirus ndumu |
Ndumu virus is anRNA virus in the genusAlphavirus.[1] It was first isolated in 1961 fromculicine mosquitoes collected innorthern Natal,Union of South Africa.[2]