ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae
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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Arenaviridae
Abstract
Members of the family Arenaviridae produce enveloped virions containing genomes consisting of two or three single-stranded RNA segments totalling about 10.5 kb. Arenaviruses can infect mammals, including humans and other primates, snakes, and fish. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the family Arenaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/arenaviridae.
Keywords: Arenaviridae; ICTV Report; arenavirus; mammarenavirus; reptarenavirus; taxonomy.
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