Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal: Viruses

Volume number: 8

Issue number: 6

eISSN: 1999-4915

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3390/v8060174

Publisher: MDPI

Abstract: 

The genus Phlebovirus of the family Bunyaviridae contains a number of emerging virus species which pose a threat to both human and animal health. Most prominent members include Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), sandfly fever Naples virus (SFNV), sandfly fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), Toscana virus (TOSV), Punta Toro virus (PTV), and the two new members severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) and Heartland virus (HRTV). The nonstructural protein NSs is well established as the main phleboviral virulence factor in the mammalian host. NSs acts as antagonist of the antiviral type I interferon (IFN) system. Recent progress in the elucidation of the molecular functions of a growing list of NSs proteins highlights the astonishing variety of strategies employed by phleboviruses to evade the IFN system.

Harvard Citation style: Wuerth, J. and Weber, F. (2016) Phleboviruses and the Type I Interferon Response, Viruses, 8(6), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/v8060174

APA Citation style: Wuerth, J., & Weber, F. (2016). Phleboviruses and the Type I Interferon Response. Viruses. 8(6), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/v8060174