Mengla virus

Mengla virus (MLAV, also written Měnglà virus) is a type of filovirus identified in a Rousettus bat in Mengla County, Yunnan Province, China and first reported in January 2019.[1] It is classified in the same family as Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus.[2]

Mengla virus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Filoviridae
Genus: Dianlovirus
Species:
Mengla virus

It is the type species and only member of the genus Dianlovirus.[1] The name derives from 滇 (diān), the Chinese language abbreviation for Yunnan, added to "filovirus", the common name for Filoviridae.[1] Neither the species nor the genus are listed in the 2018 ICTV classification, as the virus was formally described after that report was released.[3] A formal proposal was submitted for the taxa in January 2019.[4]

References
  1. Yang, Xing-Lou; Tan, Chee Wah; Anderson, Danielle E.; Jiang, Ren-Di; Li, Bei; Zhang, Wei; Zhu, Yan; Lim, Xiao Fang; Zhou, Peng; Liu, Xiang-Ling; Guan, Wuxiang; Zhang, Libiao; Li, Shi-Yue; Zhang, Yun-Zhi; Wang, Lin-Fa; Shi, Zheng-Li (2019). "Characterization of a filovirus (Měnglà virus) from Rousettus bats in China". Nature Microbiology. 4 (3): 390–395. doi:10.1038/s41564-018-0328-y. PMID 30617348.
  2. "New bat-borne virus related to Ebola". Science Daily. January 7, 2019.
  3. Virus Taxonomy: 2018 Release, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, retrieved 2018-12-01
  4. Wáng, Línfā; Shí, Zhènglì; Yáng, Xìnglóu; Kuhn, Jens H. "One (1) new genus including one (1) new species in the mononegaviral family Filoviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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