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Agua Preta virus

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Agua Preta virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Peploviricota
Class: Herviviricetes
Order: Herpesvirales
Family: Orthoherpesviridae
Genus: incertae sedis
Virus: Agua Preta virus

Agua Preta virus is an unaccepted species of virus, suggested to belong to the order Herpesvirales and family Orthoherpesviridae, as determined by thin-section electron microscopy. It was isolated from the gray short-tailed bat, Carollia subrufa, in the Utinga Forest near Belém, Brazil.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Mahy, Brian W J (2001). A dictionary of virology (3. ed.). San Diego, Calif. [u.a.]: Academic Press. pp. 9. ISBN 978-0-12-465327-6.
  2. ^ "Agua Preta" (html). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved 28 December 2018.