Ilhéus virus (ILHV), commonly spelled Ilheus virus, is a

positive-strand RNA virus Positive-strand RNA viruses (+ssRNA viruses) are a group of related viruses that have Sense (molecular biology), positive-sense, single-stranded genomes made of ribonucleic acid. The positive-sense genome can act as messenger RNA (mRNA) and can ...

in the family ''

Flaviviridae ''Flaviviridae'' is a family of Viral envelope, enveloped positive-strand RNA viruses which mainly infect mammals and birds. They are primarily spread through arthropod vector (epidemiology), vectors (mainly ticks and mosquitoes). The family gets ...

''. It was first isolated in 1944 from

mosquitoes Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species. The word ''mosquito'' (formed by '' mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish and Portuguese for ''little fly''. Mosquitoes have a slender segmented body, ...

in the

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

Psorophora ''Psorophora'' is a genus of mosquitoes, containing these species: Subgenus ''(Psophora)'' *''Psorophora ciliata'' *''Psorophora cilipes'' *''Psorophora holmbergii'' *''Psorophora howardii'' *''Psorophora lineata'' *''Psorophora ochripes'' *' ...

'' and ''

Aedes ''Aedes'' (also known as the tiger mosquito) is a genus of mosquitoes originally found in tropical and subtropical zones, but now found on all continents except Antarctica. Some species have been spread by human activity: ''Aedes albopictus'', ...

'' in

Ilhéus Ilhéus () is a major city located in the southern coastal region of Bahia, Brazil, 211 km south of Salvador, Brazil, Salvador, the state's capital. The city was founded in 1534 as Vila de São Jorge dos Ilhéus and is known as one of the mos ...

in the state of

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Vectors

Besides ''

'' and ''

'', Ilhéus virus has also been isolated from mosquitoes in the genera ''

Culex ''Culex'' or typical mosquitoes are a genus of mosquitoes, several species of which serve as vectors of one or more important diseases of birds, humans, and other animals. The diseases they vector include arbovirus infections such as West Nil ...

'', '' Coquillettidia'', '' Haemagogus'', ''

Ochlerotatus ''Ochlerotatus'' is a genus of mosquito. Until 2000, it was ranked as a subgenus of ''Aedes'' but was reclassified as a distinct genus based on taxonomic studies. This change resulted in the renaming of many subgenus species, and revisions of rel ...

'', '' Sabethes'', and ''Trichoprosopon''.

References

* full text: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/fulltext/S2405-8440(24)03965-3 * Animal viruses Flaviviridae {{Virus-stub