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. 2019 Jan;100(1):5-6.
doi: 10.1099/jgv.0.001185. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Birnaviridae

Bernard Delmas  1 , Houssam Attoui  2 , Souvik Ghosh  3 , Yashpal S Malik  4 , Egbert Mundt  5 , Vikram N Vakharia  6 , Ictv Report Consortium
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ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Birnaviridae

Bernard Delmas et al. J Gen Virol. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Birnaviridae is a family of viruses with bi-segmented dsRNA genomes totalling about 6 kbp forming icosahedral, non-enveloped virions. The family includes four genera, members of three of which (Aquabirnavirus, Avibirnavirus and Blosnavirus) infect vertebrates (excluding mammals), whereas members of the fourth genus (Entomobirnavirus) infect insects. Each genus includes 1-3 species. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus of salmonids and infectious bursal disease virus of poultry are two economically important birnaviruses. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of Birnaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/birnaviridae.

Keywords: Birnaviridae; ICTV Report; taxonomy.

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