A New #Orthonairovirus Associated with #Human Febrile #Illness, N Engl J Med.: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2313722?query=TOC&cid=DM2358870_Non_Subscriber&bid=-1779089862

WELV is a member of the orthonairovirus genus in the #Nairoviridae family and is most closely related to the #tickborne #Hazara orthonairovirus genogroup. Acute WELV infection was identified in 17 patients from Inner Mongolia, #Heilongjiang, #Jilin, and #Liaoning, #China, by means of reverse-transcriptase–polymerase-chain-reaction assay.