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RESEARCH PRODUCT

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Iflaviridae

Salvador HerreroRyabov EugeneJ. R De MirandaDiego M. A. GuérinYanping ChenYoshifumi HashimotoSteven M. VallesFirth Andrew E

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0301 basic medicineHoneydewInsectavirusesICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile030106 microbiologyInsect VirusesBiologyGenomeHost SpecificityVirus03 medical and health sciencesVirologyDeformed wing virusICTV ReportRNA VirusesAnimalsPhylogenyVirus classificationTaxonomyIflaviridaebiology.organism_classificationVirology3. Good health030104 developmental biologyIflaviridaeTaxonomy (biology)ArthropodInsect

description

Iflaviridae is a family of small non-enveloped viruses with monopartite, positive-stranded RNA genomes of approximately 9–11 kilobases. Viruses of all classified species infect arthropod hosts, with the majority infecting insects. Both beneficial and pest insects serve as hosts, and infections can be symptomless (Nilaparvatalugens honeydew virus 1) or cause developmental abnormalities (deformed wing virus), behavioural changes (sacbrood virus) and premature mortality (infectious flacherie virus). The host range has not been examined for most members. The most common route of infection for iflaviruses is the ingestion of virus-contaminated food sources. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of the Iflaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/iflaviridae.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-04-01Journal of General Virology
https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000757