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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Duplornaviricota |
| Class: | Resentoviricetes |
| Order: | Reovirales |
| Family: | Sedoreoviridae |
| Genus: | Coltivirus |
| Species: | Eyach coltivirus |
Eyach virus (EYAV) is a viral infection (genus Coltivirus) in the Reoviridae family transmitted by a tick vector. It has been isolated from Ixodes ricinus and I. ventalloi ticks in Europe.
Transmission and clinical syndromes
Eyach virus is acquired by tick bite. The tick gets infected after a blood meal from a vertebrate host, which is suspected to be the European rabbit O. cunniculus. Eyach virus has been linked to tick-borne encephalitis, as well as polyradiculoneuritis and meningopolyneuritis, based on serological samples of patients with these neurological disorders.
References
- Attoui, Houssam; Jaafar, Fauziah Mohd; Micco, Philippe de; Lamballerie, Xavier de (2005). "Coltiviruses and Seadornaviruses in North America, Europe, and Asia". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 11 (11): 1673–1679. doi:10.3201/eid1111.050868. PMC 3367365. PMID 16318717.
- Chastel, C.; Main, A. J.; Couatarmanac'h, A.; Le Lay, G.; Knudson, D. L.; Quillien, M. C.; Beaucournu, J. C. (1984-01-01). "Isolation of Eyach virus (Reoviridae, Colorado tick fever group) from Ixodes ricinus and I. ventalloi ticks in France". Archives of Virology. 82 (3–4): 161–171. doi:10.1007/BF01311160. ISSN 0304-8608. PMID 6508529. S2CID 30567639.
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