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ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Dicistroviridae
J. R De MirandaDiego M. A. GuérinYoshifumi HashimotoYanping ChenSteven M. VallesRyabov EugeneSalvador HerreroFirth Andrew Esubject
0301 basic medicineChagas diseasevirusesInsect VirusesGenome ViralDisease VectorsVirus ReplicationGenome03 medical and health sciencestaxonomyVirologymedicineICTV ReportAnimalsNatural enemiesTriatomaVirus classificationEconomic consequencesDicistroviridaebiologyVirus AssemblyfungiVirionBeesbiology.organism_classificationmedicine.diseaseVirology3. Good healthICTV Virus Taxonomy Profiles030104 developmental biologyDicistroviridaeRNATaxonomy (biology)Arthropoddescription
Dicistroviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses with monopartite, linear, positive-sense RNA genomes of approximately 8–10 kb. Viruses of all classified species infect arthropod hosts, with some having devastating economic consequences, such as acute bee paralysis virus in domesticated honeybees and taura syndrome virus in shrimp farming. Conversely, the host specificity and other desirable traits exhibited by several members of this group make them potential natural enemies for intentional use against arthropod pests, such as triatoma virus against triatomine bugs that vector Chagas disease. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Dicistroviridae which is available at www.ictv.global/report/dicistroviridae.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-01 | The Journal of General Virology |