Quaranfil virus

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| name = Quaranfil virus

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| parent = Quaranjavirus

| species = Quaranjavirus quaranfilense

| synonyms = * Quaranfil quaranjavirus

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web|title=History of the taxon: Species: Quaranjavirus quaranfilense (2024 Release, MSL #40)|url=https://ictv.global/taxonomy/taxondetails?taxnode_id=202403967&taxon_name=Quaranjavirus%20quaranfilense|publisher=International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses|access-date=19 March 2025}}

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Quaranfil virus is a species of virus in the Quaranjavirus genus in the virus family Orthomyxoviridae. It has a negative sense, single-stranded RNA genome composed of 6 segments. Its hosts are ticks, birds, and humans. It was isolated from ticks near Cairo, Egypt in 1953.{{Cite journal|last=Taylor|first=RM|year=1966|title=Arboviruses isolated from ARGAS TICKS IN Egypt: Quaranfil, Chenuda, and Nyamanini|journal=Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg.|volume=15|issue=1|pages=76–86|pmid=5901633|doi=10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.76}} The virus can infect humans, as confirmed by serological study of human serum samples in Egypt in the 1960s that showed that 8% of the local population had neutralizing antibodies to the virus. The virus has not yet been connected to a human disease.{{Cite journal|last=Presti|first=Rachel M.|last2=Zhao|first2=Guoyan|last3=Beatty|first3=Wandy L.|last4=Mihindukulasuriya|first4=Kathie A.|last5=Rosa|first5=Amelia P. A. Travassos da|last6=Popov|first6=Vsevolod L.|last7=Tesh|first7=Robert B.|last8=Virgin|first8=Herbert W.|last9=Wang|first9=David|date=2009-11-15|title=Quaranfil, Johnston Atoll, and Lake Chad Viruses Are Novel Members of the Family Orthomyxoviridae|journal=Journal of Virology|language=en|volume=83|issue=22|pages=11599–11606|doi=10.1128/JVI.00677-09|issn=0022-538X|pmc=2772707|pmid=19726499}}