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Rustrela virus
Species of virus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rustrela virus, scientific name Rubivirus strelense, is a species of virus in the genus Rubivirus.
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History
Scientists discovered Rustrela in acutely encephalitic placental and marsupial mammals – a donkey, a capybara, and a wallaby – in a zoo in Germany, and in wild yellow-necked field mice (Apodemus flavicollis) in and around the zoo.[2] The virus can jump between species and interestingly infects both placental and marsupial animals.
Structure
The Rustrela virus has the same genomic structure as the 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]
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