acara orthobunyavirus acara orthobunyavirus acara orthobunyavirus (acav) is a species in the genus orthobunyavirus, belonging to the capim serogroup. it is isolated from sentinel mice, culex species, and the rodent nectomys squamipes in pará, brazil and in panama. the symptoms of the acará virus is death. sometimes reported to cause disease in humans. acara orthobunyavirus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: negarnaviricota class: ellioviricetes order: bunyavirales family: peribunyaviridae genus: orthobunyavirus species: acara orthobunyavirus synonyms acará virus acara virus moriche virus