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reovirus
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reovirus

Any of a small group of animal and plant viruses that appear spheroidal and contain a core of RNA. Among the best-known genera are Orthoreovirus, Orbivirus, Rotavirus, and Phytoreovirus. The first three infect animals; the last can destroy rice, corn, and other crops.
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Rotaviruses belong to the genus Reoviridae and consist of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA.
Prevalence of G2P[4] and G12P[6] rotavirus, Bangladesh by Azim, Tasnim / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The sentence should read "Finally, the family Reoviridae contains a variety of animal arbovirus pathogens, including bluetongue virus, which is currently circulating in Europe, and African horse sickness virus, which has been found in Europe but is not currently circulating.
Correction: Vol. 12, No. 4 by Emerging Infectious Diseases
Previous surveillance reports based on virus isolations or serologic studies in cattle from Kenya, the Central African Republic, and South Africa have identified tickborne arboviruses from the Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Reoviridae, and Orthomyxoviridae (1-4).
Tickborne arbovirus surveillance in market livestock, Nairobi, Kenya by Miller, Barry / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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