seadornavirus seadornavirus seadornavirus is a genus of viruses, in the family reoviridae, in the subfamily sedoreovirinae. human, cattle, pig, and mosquitoes serve as natural hosts. there are three species in this genus: banna virus (bav), kadipiro virus and liao ning virus. each of these viruses has been isolated from aedes, anopheles and culex mosquito populations, but only bav has been shown to cause infection in humans, in which the symptoms are similar to japanese encephalitis—fever, malaise and encephalitis. the word seadornavirus is an portmanteau, meaning southeast asian dodeca rna virus. seadornavirus electron micrograph of banna virus virus classification (unranked): virus realm: riboviria kingdom: orthornavirae phylum: duplornaviricota class: resentoviricetes order: reovirales family: reoviridae subfamily: sedoreovirinae genus: seadornavirus taxonomy the following three species are assigned to the genus: banna virus kadipiro virus liao ning virus structure viruses in seadornavirus are non-enveloped, with icosahedral geometries, and t=13, t=2 symmetry. the diameter is around 60-70 nm. genomes are linear and segmented. segments range in length from 862 to 3747 base pairs, totaling 21 kb in length. the genome codes for 12 proteins. genusstructuresymmetrycapsidgenomic arrangementgenomic segmentation seadornavirusicosahedralt=13, t=2non-envelopedlinearsegmented life cycle viral replication is cytoplasmic. entry into the host cell is achieved by attachment to host receptors, which mediates endocytosis. replication follows the double-stranded rna virus replication model. double-stranded rna virus transcription is the method of transcription. the virus exits the host cell by monopartite non-tubule guided viral movement. human, cattle, pig, mosquitoes (arthropod-borne), and mosquitoes serve as the natural host. transmission routes are zoonosis and bite. genushost detailstissue tropismentry detailsrelease detailsreplication siteassembly sitetransmission seadornavirushumans; cows; pigs; mosquitoesnonecell receptor endocytosiscell deathcytoplasmcytoplasmzoonosis; arthropod bite