Rustrela virus

Rubivirus strelense
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Riboviria
Kingdom:	Orthornavirae
Phylum:	Kitrinoviricota
Class:	Alsuviricetes
Order:	Hepelivirales
Family:	Matonaviridae
Genus:	Rubivirus
Species:	Rubivirus strelense
Synonyms[1]
	Rustrela virus;

Rustrela virus, scientific name Rubivirus strelense, is a species of virus in the genus Rubivirus.

Etymology

Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic marsupial animals- a donkey, a capybara, and a kangaroo- in a zoo in Germany and wild yellow-necked field mice in the zoo and around the zoo.[2] The virus can species jump and interestingly infects placental and marsupial animals.

Structure

Rustrela viruses have the same genomic structure as Rubella virus. Rustrela has a few amino acid differences in the protein which binds to host cells. [3] There are four putative B cell epitopes in the fusion (E1) protein of rustrela that are highly conserved with Rubella virus and Ruhugu virus.[2]

References

Bennett AJ, Paskey AC, Ebinger A, Kuhn JH, Bishop-Lilly KA, Beer M, Goldberg TL (31 July 2020). "Create two new species and rename one species in genus Rubivirus (Hepelivirales: Matonaviridae)" (docx). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 586 (7829): 424–428. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..424B. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMC 7572621. PMID 33029010.
Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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[1] Bennett AJ, Paskey AC, Ebinger A, Kuhn JH, Bishop-Lilly KA, Beer M, Goldberg TL (31 July 2020). "Create two new species and rename one species in genus Rubivirus (Hepelivirales: Matonaviridae)" (docx). International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 15 May 2021.

[auto-2] Bennett, Andrew; Paskey, Adrian (2020). "Relatives of rubella virus in diverse mammals". Nature. 586 (7829): 424–428. Bibcode:2020Natur.586..424B. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2812-9. PMC 7572621. PMID 33029010.

[3] Tyrrell, Kelly. "First relatives of rubella virus discovered in bats in Uganda and mice in Germany". University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved 16 November 2020.