At the risk of starting a 
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(virus | disease)
Ebola virus | Ebola
Zika virus | Zika
Lassa virus | Lassa
West Nile virus | West Nile
Dengue virus | Dengue
X virus | X
So not e.g. Ebola virus disease, EVD, LF. Keep it simple = less confusion & better read. Avoid DBA*.
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Yep, I agree. Stuff like SFTS seems to be following the "let's name it for what it does, not after the village we found it in"
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It is a good rationale, but SFTSV has been formally renamed as Huaiyangshan banyangvirus (it’s hard to let go though, took me long enough to memorise that acronym!)
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[although, here's a snippet of my thinking on the naming of Ebola variants
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