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The ''Lone Star virus'' is a highly divergent Bunyavirus, which is carried and transmitted by the Lone Star Tick, ''Amblyomma americanum''. This is the same vector that transmits the SFTS virus, and the newly discovered Bhanja and Heartland virus.〔http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23637969〕 ''Lone Star virus'' shares the same vector as these viruses and has many characteristics of them, it shares less than sixty-one percent of its amino acid identity with them. Though the virus has never been a cause of illness in humans, it has the ability to infect both human and monkey cells, and its affects are seen, in both cell lines, 72 hours after contact.〔http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/87678898/genome-sequence-lone-star-virus-highly-divergent-bunyavirus-found-amblyomma-americanum-tick〕 It was first discovered and studied by the Center for Zoonoses Research, at the University of Illinois, in 1966. The virus was taken from a Lone Star Tick, which had been removed from a woodchuck in the Land Between the Lakes region of Western Kentucky.〔http://www.ajtmh.org/content/18/5/789.short〕 ==Characteristics== ''Lone Star virus's'' genome consist of negative, single-stranded RNA. It is in the ''Bunyaviridae'' family of viruses. Its genus is the ''Phlebovirus'' and its species name is ''Lone Star virus''. It has been proven to produce titers in human and monkey cells seventy-two hours after inoculation. Although it was discovered in 1967, it has never been genetically characterized. Interest has recently increased in it due to the emergence of STARI, or ''Southern Tick-borne Rash Illness'', an unknown disease which is also associated with Amblyomma americanum. It is the hope of the scientific community that researching ''Lone Star virus'' can give clues to the etiology of STARI. They are also curious as to whether LSV virus could be found in patients who have STARI. Finding a link between the two will help them to understand both of these viruses on a greater level.〔http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0062083〕 The viruses size is between 90 and 100 micrometers〔http://www.ajtmh.org/content/18/5/789.short〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lone Star virus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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