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Copyright © 2008 Yadav et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Molecular characterization of Umbre virus (Bunyaviridae) Pragya D Yadav,1 Akhilesh C Mishra,1 and Devendra T Mourya  11Microbial Containment Complex, National Institute of Virology, 130/1 Sus Road, Pashan, Pune 411021, India Corresponding author.Pragya D Yadav: yadavpd/at/icmr.org.in; Akhilesh C Mishra: acm1750/at/rediffmail.com; Devendra T Mourya: mouryadt/at/vsnl.net.in Received September 9, 2008; Accepted October 8, 2008. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | ||||
Abstract Umbre (UMB) virus was first isolated from India in 1955 and classified as Orthobunyavirus (Turlock serogroup). Eight isolates of this virus, isolated from Culex mosquitoes were characterized on the basis of partial glycoprotein (G2) gene. Twenty-six percent differences at nucleotide level while 17% differences at amino acid level were noted within different isolates. Phylogentic data shows that this virus represents a distinct group within the genus Orthobunyavirus. | ||||
