The etiologic agent of African Horse Sickness is which genus?

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The etiologic agent of African Horse Sickness is which genus?

African Horse Sickness is caused by a virus in the Orbivirus genus. AHSV, the etiologic agent, belongs to the Reoviridae family and has a segmented double-stranded RNA genome with non-enveloped icosahedral particles. It is transmitted by Culicoides midges, which helps explain its geographic and seasonal patterns. This sets it apart from lentiviruses (retroviruses), flaviviruses (which are enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses), and rhabdoviruses (negative-sense RNA viruses with a bullet-shaped form).

African Horse Sickness is caused by a virus in the Orbivirus genus. AHSV, the etiologic agent, belongs to the Reoviridae family and has a segmented double-stranded RNA genome with non-enveloped icosahedral particles. It is transmitted by Culicoides midges, which helps explain its geographic and seasonal patterns. This sets it apart from lentiviruses (retroviruses), flaviviruses (which are enveloped positive-sense RNA viruses), and rhabdoviruses (negative-sense RNA viruses with a bullet-shaped form).

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