Leishbunyaviridae is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses belonging to the Bunyavirales order, which infect protozoans.[1] It only contains one recognized genus Shilevirus.[2] But another genus Leishbunyavirus has also been proposed.[1]

Leishbunyaviridae
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(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Ellioviricetes
Order: Bunyavirales
Family: Leishbunyaviridae

References

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  1. ^ a b Grybchuk, Danyil; Akopyants, Natalia S.; Kostygov, Alexei Y.; Konovalovas, Aleksandras; Lye, Lon-Fye; Dobson, Deborah E.; Zangger, Haroun; Fasel, Nicolas; Butenko, Anzhelika; Frolov, Alexander O.; Votýpka, Jan (2018-01-16). "Viral discovery and diversity in trypanosomatid protozoa with a focus on relatives of the human parasite Leishmania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (3): E506–E515. Bibcode:2018PNAS..115E.506G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1717806115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 5776999. PMID 29284754.
  2. ^ ICTV. "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release".