Chuviridae

Summary

Chuviridae is a family of negative-strand RNA viruses which infect arthropods including mosquitos.[1]

Chuviridae
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Jingchuvirales
Family: Chuviridae

Taxonomy edit

The family contains the following genera:[2]

  • Boscovirus
  • Chuvivirus
  • Culicidavirus
  • Demapteravirus
  • Doliuvirus
  • Mivirus
  • Morsusvirus
  • Nigecruvirus
  • Odonatavirus
  • Pediavirus
  • Piscichuvirus
  • Pterovirus
  • Scarabeuvirus
  • Taceavirus

References edit

  1. ^ Dezordi, Filipe Zimmer; Vasconcelos, Crhisllane Rafaele dos Santos; Rezende, Antonio Mauro; Wallau, Gabriel Luz (2020). "In and Outs of Chuviridae Endogenous Viral Elements: Origin of a Potentially New Retrovirus and Signature of Ancient and Ongoing Arms Race in Mosquito Genomes". Frontiers in Genetics. 11. doi:10.3389/fgene.2020.542437. PMC 7642597. PMID 33193616.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.