Artashat virus

Artashat virus
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Bunyaviricetes
Order: Hareavirales
Family: Nairoviridae
Genus: Orthonairovirus
Species:
Orthonairovirus artashatense
Synonyms
  • Artashat orthonairovirus

Artashat virus (ARTSV), is a species in the genus Orthonairovirus. It was first isolated in Armenia in 1972 from Ornithodoros alactagalis, a soft tick of the family Argasidae.